tree damage and the potential for “impossible” travel conditions. It has been two to three years since Weather Service offices in these areas have issued an ice storm warning. Freezing rain ...

Freezing rain begins as snow in the upper atmosphere ... creating significant hazards for people and causing potentially severe damage to trees, power lines, and infrastructure.

Snow, sleet, and freezing rain are forecast, creating hazardous road conditions and the potential for isolated power outages and tree damage. Snow totals will range from less than an inch to 4 ...

"This poses a risk for tree damage and power outages as the storm ... D.C., might seeing hazardous travel conditions from freezing rain and sleet Wednesday night into early Thursday morning ...

PORTLAND, Ore. (KOIN) — Freezing rain occurs when snow falls into a pocket of warmer air, where it melts, before reaching a thin layer of freezing-cold air near the Earth’s surface. When it ...

Freezing rain is composed of liquid droplets that freeze on contact with cold surfaces. It is more slippery and hazardous than sleet and, if there’s enough of it, can cause damage to trees and ...

As freezing rain totals get closer to 1/3", the power outages increase. Travel is dangerous to impossible if it is coating the roads. By 1/2" of ice accretion, tree damage becomes more widespread ...

The weight of ice on vehicles can damage windshields and roofs, while sidewalks and driveways become treacherous for pedestrians. The Danger to Travel and Infrastructure Freezing rain creates ...

Freezing rain creates a glaze of ice on just about everything. NWS said even light accumulations can cause dangerous travel conditions; heavier amounts can damage trees or bring down power lines.

It is important to be safe when freezing rain takes place. While we are thankfully not expected to see widespread power outages and tree damage from this round of ice, you definitely want to be ...

The FOX Forecast Center warns that scattered power outages and tree damage are possible from ... changing the snow to either freezing rain or plain rain. Many schools in the affected areas are ...