Tag: #extremecold

First ‘Extreme Cold Warning’ Under New NWS System Hits Washington-Baltimore as Arctic Blast Drives Subzero Wind Chills

Arctic air and 60-mph gusts push wind chills below zero in the Washington-Baltimore region, triggering the first Extreme Cold Warning under new NWS alerts.

#extremecold, #washingtondc, #maryland, #nationalweatherservice, #poweroutages

Blizzard, then bitter cold: Western Alaska’s winter swings upend life in the Yukon-Kuskokwim Delta

A Jan. 4–5 blizzard shut down travel across Alaska’s Y-K Delta, part of a string of storms and temperature swings linked to a warming Bering Sea.

#alaska, #blizzard, #climatechange, #extremecold, #yukonkuskokwimdelta