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More than 30 states are under some sort of winter weather advisory for snow, sleet, wind, and extreme cold.
Governors in more than a dozen states have warned their residents about the storm and declared some form of emergency or state of preparation.
Schools and universities in some of the affected states have announced they plan to close or offer virtual classes Monday.
The storm is sweeping across the south with freezing rain and sleet and up into the northeast in New England with up to two feet of snow expected in some places.
Forecasters warn freezing rain and ice could be a problem for the southern plains to the mid-Atlantic and southeastern U.S.,
and cold temperatures will last into next week.
More than 30 states are under some sort of winter weather advisory for snow, sleet, wind, and extreme cold.
Governors in more than a dozen states have warned their residents about the storm and declared some form of emergency or state of preparation.
Schools and universities in some of the affected states have announced they plan to close or offer virtual classes Monday.
Countries have agreed to try to limit global warming to 1.5 degrees Celsius to avoid more extreme storms, rainfall and heat waves.
Samantha Burgess with the European Centre for Medium-Range Weather Forecasts says the Earth has nearly reached that.
2024 was the hottest year in the past 11 years of all set records.
The primary driver for the hotter climate is rising concentrations of greenhouse gases in the atmosphere, mostly from human activity such as burning fossil fuels.
The research firm Rhodium Group estimates U.S.
greenhouse gas emissions increased 2.4 percent last year.
Ben King with Rhodium says higher natural gas prices encourage power plants to burn more polluting coal.
And in buildings, Americans turned up the heat.