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Weather hazards hinder post-holiday travel throughout the US
The Midwest, South, and Northwest may experience slowdowns in travel following the holidays due to severe weather.
Multiple storms are predicted to batter the Northwest, while the East Coast prepares for serious storms that could impede flights and disrupt traffic during one of the year’s busiest travel periods.
A series of storms that have deposited several inches of rain and snow across the Pacific Northwest this week show no signs of abating. Meteorologists from the National Weather Service indicate that squalls on Friday and Saturday could accumulate 3 to 5 inches of rain over Northern California, Oregon, and Washington, with higher elevations potentially receiving up to 3 feet of snow.
As the storms move inland, they are expected to bring snow and winds gusting up to 45 mph to the Rockies. Much of the Northwest, from California to Wyoming, Idaho, and Utah, is under winter storm warnings and other advisories advising those in elevated areas to limit their travel. The wet conditions might also lead to river flooding as well as rock and mudslides.
“It is highly advised to modify travel plans during the storm. Travel is predicted to become extremely difficult to impossible,” stated an alert from the weather office in Denver.
Storms in the south-central US to affect much of the East Coast
A dangerous weather system that canceled hundreds of flights in eastern Texas on Thursday is forecasted to continue drenching the south-central United States before moving northeast and bringing heavy rain and winds to the mid-Atlantic region this weekend.
Thunderstorms and rain showers are anticipated to generate downpours as well as hail and powerful wind gusts from far southeastern Louisiana through central and southern Mississippi on Friday, as stated by AccuWeather.
From Saturday to Sunday, rain is expected to continue over the Mississippi and Tennessee valleys and will also spread towards the Appalachians and Great Lakes region, with 2 to 4 inches of rain expected, potentially reaching up to 8 inches.
The storms over the weekend present a risk of flooding because much of the rain could fall in hours-long intervals, likely resulting in rapid runoff on urban streets and rural roads, especially in more mountainous regions, AccuWeather cautioned. In the southeastern areas, from the Gulf Coast to the Tennessee Valley, there will be a risk of tornadoes.
The storms will progress over the mid-Atlantic and New England regions from Sunday into the next week, bringing “limited visibility, downpours, and urban flooding” that meteorologists warn could “result in significant travel delays.”
“Rescheduling travel to well before or after the storm departs may be a more prudent choice, whenever feasible,” AccuWeather suggested in an online forecast.
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