The year 2022 had 18 climate extremes that caused at least $1 billion in damage each, costing more than $165 billion in damage in total, federal climate scientists said Tuesday.
Tens of millions of Americans endured bone-chilling temperatures, blizzard conditions, power outages and canceled holiday gatherings Friday from a winter storm that forecasters said was nearly unprecedented in its scope.
Temperatures plunged far and fast Thursday as a winter storm began forming ahead of Christmas weekend, promising heavy snow, ice, flooding and powerful winds across a broad swath of the country and complicating holiday travel.
Margaret Stafford, Josh Funk and Juan Lozano, Associated Press | Posted Dec. 21 - 9:03 a.m.
A large swath of the U.S. braced for a dangerous mix of sub-zero temperatures, howling winds and blizzard conditions already hammering the Northwest and expected to disrupt plans for millions of holiday travelers.
Forecasters are warning of treacherous holiday travel and life-threatening cold for big parts of the nation, an arctic air mass blows into the already-frigid southern United States.
Snow and cold continue to blanket the western and northern United States. A storm that moved into northern Utah Sunday morning was expected to leave 1-2 inches of snow in the valleys and 6-12 inches in the mountains.