"The arctic blast is due to first hit the Rockies and Great Plains Friday, reaching the Deep South and Great Lakes Saturday night, and the Eastern Seaboard by Sunday night, producing the coldest air of the season thus far," the National Weather Service posted on its website midday Friday.
"Nearly 80 million Americans will be below zero degrees by next Tuesday when extremely cold Canadian/Siberian Arctic air descends on the Lower 48," meteorologist Ryan Maue posted on X.
Dangerously cold winds and plummeting temperatures could cause pipes to freeze and burst, possibly affect the power grid, and increase the risk of hypothermia and frostbite, according to the Washington Post.
Meteorologists at AccuWeather said a snowstorm headed to the Northeast will hit Boston, New York City, Philadelphia, and Washington, D.C., on Sunday, "dump[ing] enough snow to shovel and plow in areas from West Virginia to Maine."
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