A day after hundreds of thousands of people lost power and endured hazardous conditions, the winter storm called "historic" by President Donald Trump is continuing to sweep through parts of the United States on Sunday, Jan. 25.
Wintry conditions across more than a dozen states led to Trump approving federal emergency disaster declarations in South Carolina, Virginia, Tennessee, Georgia, North Carolina, Maryland, Arkansas, Kentucky, Louisiana, Mississippi, Indiana and West Virginia. More than 500,000 power outages have been reported across the path of the storm as of Sunday morning.
"We will continue to monitor, and stay in touch with all States in the path of this storm. Stay Safe, and Stay Warm," Trump wrote in a post on Truth Social on Jan. 24.
According to the National Weather Service, the ongoing major winter storm expanded into the Mid-Atlantic overnight Sunday and then was expected into the Northeast late Sunday. "Heavy snow, sleet, and freezing rain will bring considerable impacts to much of the eastern half of the United States," the government agency said.
The weather service added that frigid temperatures will "expand across the eastern 2/3 of the country this weekend, with very cold weather continuing through much of next week." The agency is advising people in the storm's path to prepare themselves and their pets for "life-threatening cold!"
