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Millions of Americans brace for a massive winter storm that is expected to bring heavy snow and strong winds and may cause power outages.
A major winter storm will hit the northern United States this week, which experts say will be "extremely disruptive."
Over 11 million people in the Northern Rockies and Northern Plains were under a winter storm warning on Tuesday morning, The New York Times reported.
The National Weather Service (NWS) noted that Tuesday will see heavy snow and severe winds across the Northern Rockies and south. The weather system is anticipated to move across the Plains by evening, bringing significant amounts of snow, ferocious winds, and freezing rain. Power line outages were predicted by NWS.
Here's a look at the Winter Storm Severity Index (WSSI) over the next 3 days, through midday Thursday. Major impacts are expected for the Western mountains and across the Upper Midwest. In fact, extreme impacts are even possible in and around the Minneapolis-St. Paul metro area. pic.twitter.com/XMdHdldk92
— National Weather Service (@NWS) February 20, 2023
On Wednesday, when the major winter storm is predicted to exacerbate, regions of the Northeast, the Upper Midwest, and the Great Lakes are anticipated to see the wintry mix. Forecasters predicted wind gusts exceeding 30 mph may produce blizzards in the Midwest.
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As much as seven inches of snow is expected to fall in Minneapolis, with the first storm on Tuesday. Another 10 to 20 inches of snow is forecast for Wednesday afternoon and Thursday. The total over the next three days might reach as high as 25 inches, according to CNN.
The NWS forecasted in its winter storm warning that, by Wednesday, active snowfall will be experienced from Arizona and Nevada to Minnesota.
The US weather agency predicted that numerous mountain ranges in the Western United States would get "storm total snowfall" of multiple feet.
The major winter storm is being propelled in part by an "energetic upper-level pattern," the NWS stated. Two fronts will simultaneously move into the western and central United States from Canada, bringing substantial, extensive snow and accompanying dangers, per NPR.
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