A ferocious winter storm has brought historic snowfall amounts to the Midwest and is expected to pile up to a foot of snow in Washington D.C.
The storm has broken daily snowfall records in Kentucky, Missouri, Ohio and West Virginia and could knock down other records as it continues to disrupt road and air travel and shutter schools and government office buildings. In central New York, preliminary 24-hour snow totals topped a staggering 5 feet.
Here is the amount of snow that has already fallen – and what’s expected over the coming days.
Lake-effect snow tops 6 feet in N.Y. as storms breaks records elsewhere
Below estimated snowfall amounts based on preliminary reports from the National Weather Service .
- Oneida County, New York – 67 inches
- Saint George, Kansas – 18 inches
- Thompson Pass, Arkansas – 17 inches
- Kansas City, Missouri – 12 inches
- Cincinnati, Ohio – 8.4 inches
- Pendleton County, West Virginia – 8 inches
- Louisville, Kentucky – 7.7 inches