Parts of US face another winter storm with severe conditions also pushing into Ontario, Quebec, and Newfoundland
Nearly two months since a major storm brought widespread heavy snow and freezing rain to eastern parts of the US, a new winter storm is sweeping across north-eastern US states and south-eastern Canada.
An area of low pressure, which first developed in north-western parts of the US late last week, intensified rapidly as it pushed north-east through central parts of the US.
Combining dry, cold air from northern parts of the continent with warm, humid air from the tropics, the system generated a large area of snowfall that swept through the northernmost US states on Sunday, while a narrow band of heavy rain and thunderstorms – associated with a strong cold front – developed across a line stretching from the far north of mainland US to the Gulf of Mexico.
Strong, gusty winds fanned a large wildfire across Nebraska, burning an area of more than 550 square miles. On Sunday, the National Weather Service issued an outlook warning of tornadoes along the front, with a 15% risk assigned to an area home to more than 11 million people across three states for Monday.
