Snow falls in Tallahassee for the first time in DECADES, as the Arctic bomb cyclone sweeps up the East Coast causing travel chaos and airport closures

Wednesday, January 3, 2018
By Paul Martin

‘Bomb cyclone’ is expected to be the region’s most intense winter hurricane in decades, sparking a flurry of wind chill advisories and freeze warnings from Florida through to Maine
Freezing temperatures have already claimed a dozen lives in the past week and East Coast residents are now bracing for the next hit of ‘bitterly cold temperatures’
Jacksonville International Airport has delays while Charleston International Airport in South Carolina, and Savannah/Hilton Head International Airport in Georgia, have been closed completely
Victims of the cold include a homeless man dead inside a trash bin in St Louis on Monday evening and a 27-year-old woman dead from exposure on Monday on the shore of Lake Winnebago, Wisconsin
Georgia Gov. Nathan Deal declared a state of emergency through Friday for 28 counties because of the cold
Savannah will see its first snowfall since February 2010, when its covered with two inches this evening
Snow has also begun falling in Tallahassee, Florida, where 3 to 5 inches is expected while Disney’s Typhoon Lagoon, Universal Orlando’s Volcano Bay and SeaWorld’s Aquatica were closed Wednesday
The bomb is expected to bring blizzard-like conditions to Boston, Long Island and Maine and four inches of snow to New York City where wind chill temperatures plunge to minus 20 on Friday

By HANNAH PARRY
DAILYMAIL.COM
3 January 2018

Snow fell in Tallahassee, Florida, for the first time in 28 years as the bomb cyclone prepares to batter the East Coast, causing traffic delays, airport closures and record breaking cold temperatures.

The cyclone has sparked a flurry of wind chill advisories and freeze warnings as far south as the sunshine state, right up to Boston and Maine were meteorologists are predicting ‘blizzard-like conditions. Weather warnings have also forced school closures across the region just as students were set to return after a winter break.

Officials in Florida were forced to close a section of Interstate 10 after less than an inch of snow fell as far south as Tallahassee for the first time in decades as the officials warned that dangerous driving conditions persist across the area. In Jacksonville, the mayor told non-essential city employees to stay home on Wednesday.

Jacksonville International Airport is running with delays due to the snow, while Charleston International Airport in South Carolina, and Savannah/Hilton Head International Airport in Georgia, have been closed completely as the Arctic storm sweeps up the coast in what is expected to be the region’s most intense winter hurricane in decades.

Charleston airport said on Twitter that Joint Base Charleston, which shares runways with the U.S. Air Force, was closed because of ice and would not reopen until the Air Force determined the runways were safe.

The Savannah/Hilton Head International Airport also announced in a statement about 9:30 a.m. Wednesday that it had closed as ice and snow fell on the Georgia coast.

The airport remains closed as icy rain lashes the coastal city that hasn’t seen measurable snowfall since February 2010. With two inches of snow predicted this evening, dump trucks are out this morning spreading salt on the streets. Mayor Eddie DeLoach urged residents to stay home and keep off the roads. ‘The streets will be slick,’ DeLoach told a news conference Tuesday. ‘We could have some serious issues for folks who aren’t used to driving in this kind of weather.’

Those who braved the frigid commute found police had closed many bridges, overpasses and elevated roadways that had become treacherous with ice. Nick McCready said ‘there are accidents all over.’

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