Winter storm warning
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A powerful winter storm is impacting parts of the U.S. with major snowfall, ice, and below zero wind chills. The conditions are disrupting holiday travel and could last through next week.
More than 150 schools are shut in Staffordshire and hundreds of homes hit by a power cut after Storm Goretti brought heavy snow to the county. An amber weather warning for the West Midlands was in place until 0900 GMT on Friday, with a yellow warning remaining until 1200.
On Saturday at 7:44 p.m. EST a winter storm warning was released by the National Weather Service in effect until Sunday at 10 a.m. EST for Cheboygan and Presque Isle counties.
A complex pattern of precipitation has arrived in the region and will provide the mountains with several inches of snow by Thursday morning. There is a Winter Storm Warning for the Cascades through Thursday mid-day,
It comes after the storm brought gusts of almost 100mph and the Met Office issued a rare red warning for ‘dangerous, stormy’ winds in the South West.