RICHMOND, Va. (WRIC) — A Virginia Commonwealth University (VCU) expert says climate change is intensifying winter storms ahead of this weekend’s snow and ice storm.
Virginians across the Commonwealth are preparing for the upcoming winter storm expected to bring several inches of snow, freezing rain and dangerous ice accumulations starting, which could potentially cause widespread power outages.
Our StormTracker8 team is expecting that this system will bring some snow to the region at first, starting around dinnertime on Saturday, Jan. 24. The snow will then become sleet and freezing rain in the early morning hours of Sunday, Jan. 25 — and that freezing rain will quickly freeze into ice…