The Daily Weather Update from FOX Weather: South faces rare winter storm as life-threatening cold grips US
Top weather news for Monday, Jan. 20, 2025: Millions across the South brace for a rare winter storm as much of the U.S. faces life-threatening cold that forced the inauguration of President-elect Donald Trump to be held indoors.
Weather in America: January 20, 2025
FOX Weather has you covered with the breaking forecasts and weather news headlines for your Weather in America on Monday, January 20, 2025. Get the latest from FOX Weather Meteorologist Craig Herrera.
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Millions from Texas to Florida on alert for potentially historic winter storm
Millions of people living along the Gulf Coast and into the Southeast are bracing for a rare, significant winter storm that’s expected to significantly impact travel and lead to power outages due to heavy snow and ice starting Monday evening.
The FOX Forecast Center said confidence has increased in seeing record snow in places that aren’t accustomed to it. Officials from Texas to Florida have been urging residents to prepare for the incoming winter weather and frigid temperatures.
Airports and schools in the Houston area will be closed during the storm, and Tallahassee, Florida, has been included in a Winter Storm Watch for the first time since 2014.
This graphic shows winter weather alerts in effect across the South.
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Polar vortex has much of US facing life-threatening cold; Inauguration of President-elect Donald Trump moved indoors
A dangerous and potentially life-threatening stretch of cold weather has much of the U.S. on alert as a lobe of the polar vortex invades the nation and sends temperatures tumbling to levels not seen in years.
Temperatures have been plummeting across the U.S., and Extreme Cold Warnings have been issued across a large swath of the nation.
President-elect Donald Trump will be sworn in for his second term as president on Monday afternoon. However, temperatures are expected to be dangerously low, so the ceremony will be held inside the United States Capitol Rotunda.
An American flag is held in the snow outside the U.S. Capitol Building on Jan. 19, 2025, in Washington, D.C. U.S. President-elect Donald Trump and Vice President-elect JD Vance will be sworn in on Jan. 20. (Photo by Kevin Dietsch/Getty Images)
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Extreme fire weather returns to Southern California
Southern California is again bracing for the ferocious return of fire weather as the National Weather Service issued a rare, "Particularly Dangerous Situation" Fire Weather Warning.
Destructive Santa Ana winds with wind gusts up to 100 mph are possible across the region, which is still reeling in the wake of deadly and historic wildfires that broke out at the start of January.
Strong winds blow embers from homes burning in the Eaton Fire on Jan. 7, 2025, in Pasadena, California.
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Winter storm slams I-95 corridor with snow impacting travel
Delays mounted at some of the nation's busiest airports over the weekend as a powerful winter storm raced across the eastern U.S., dumping heavy snow along the busy Interstate 95 corridor from Washington to Boston.
Snow also fell at Lincoln Financial Field in Philadelphia, where the Eagles defeated the Los Angeles Rams in the NFL divisional playoff game. A snow emergency was declared in Philadelphia on Sunday as Eagles fans headed home.
A view of Central Park as snow falls on Jan. 19, 2025, in New York City.
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