The Mid-Atlantic and Northeast brace for a wintry weather storm - NPR

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State troopers and law enforcement officials from a few departments in Tennessee spoke back to this crash alongside Interstate sixty five involving several vehicles Thursday afternoon. Tennessee dual carriageway Patrol cover caption

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State troopers and police officers from a number of departments in Tennessee spoke back to this crash along Interstate 65 involving several automobiles Thursday afternoon.

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The East Coast is getting ready to get several inches of snow — simply days after the Mid-Atlantic was hit by using a storm that brought about a greater than day-lengthy traffic congestion in Virginia.

A wintry weather storm is expected to deliver heavy snow and ice from constituents of the South into the Northeast on Thursday night into early Friday morning.

Snow from the storm device fell challenging early on Thursday in Tennessee and Western Kentucky, causing important pileups on the roadways.

Some areas in Kentucky bought nearly 7 inches of snow, prompting Gov. Andy Beshear to declare a state of emergency following the heavy snow fall.

"we're urging Kentuckians to reside off the roads if possible," Beshear said. "The weather we're carrying on with to see throughout Kentucky is bad."

It was the snowiest day in Tennessee in years

in keeping with AccuWeather, Tennessee experienced its snowiest day given that 2016. Between four and 7 inches of snow fell during Nashville and many of the center Tennessee area, in keeping with the Tennessean.

Police from several departments in Tennessee had to reply to a crash involving varied vehicles on I-65 as well as I-forty, which concerned tractor trailer trucks, in response to the Tennessee highway Patrol.

by mid-day, the Nashville overseas Airport recorded at the least four inches of snow and disruptions to air go back and forth out and in of the airport.

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Tennessee dual carriageway Patrol officers respond to a crash on Interstate 65 involving seven passenger vehicles and two commercial cars. Tennessee highway Patrol cover caption

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Tennessee toll road Patrol officers reply to a crash on Interstate 65 involving seven passenger cars and two business cars.

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The countrywide weather carrier indicated Connecticut, Massachusetts and ny should still are expecting between 2 and 7 inches of snow. Southern New Jersey is expected to get 4-6 inches of snow early Friday.

ahead of the storm, Boston Public faculties cancelled college for Friday.

throughout Monday's storm, more than a foot of snow fell in some areas of the more advantageous Washington, D.C. vicinity — the most on the grounds that 2016. Thursday's storm is expected to drop between 2-3 inches of snow. Worst-case-scenario predictions have snowstorm at 5-eight inches.

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A winter storm with checklist snowstorm slammed into the Mid-Atlantic states, stranding hundreds of motorists overnight on 50 miles of I-95 in Virginia. Chip Somodevilla/Getty pictures conceal caption

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A winter storm with checklist snow fall slammed into the Mid-Atlantic states, stranding heaps of motorists overnight on 50 miles of I-ninety five in Virginia.

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officers are warning drivers to reside off the roads if they do not deserve to be out, because the storm might cause go back and forth to develop into very complex.

components of Virginia, which skilled an hours-lengthy backup on Interstate 95, are still recovering from the blizzard past this week. tons of of motorists had been caught in freezing temperatures – some for greater than 20 hours — alongside a 50-mile stretch of I-95 after several tractor trailers crashed, blocking off site visitors. more than 75,000 homes and agencies were nevertheless devoid of vigour on Thursday night, in accordance with Poweroutage.us.

Virginia Gov. Ralph Northam issued a state of emergency on Wednesday in anticipation of the storm, which might carry an extra four inches of accumulation to materials of the state.

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Virginia State Police mentioned after Monday's wintry weather, officers spoke back to 1,220 crashes and 1,414 disabled automobiles statewide from Jan. three to Jan. four. The police talked about they're in a position for this next storm to hit.

"we can have all available troopers on patrol with a view to respond as instantly as possible to traffic crashes, emergencies & disabled motorists," Virginia State Police's important RC Maxey, Jr. spoke of right through a press conference Thursday.