USA TODAY - Published 11:30 a.m. ET Dec. 21, 2022 -- Updated 8:07 p.m. ET Dec. 21, 2022
Winter has arrived. A blockbuster blizzard is set to spread a multitude of weather hazards – and holiday travel chaos – across the central and eastern United States to mark the winter solstice. As a strong arctic cold front begins diving into the central Plains on Wednesday and the southern Plains by early Friday, forecasters warn temperatures could dip by 20 or more degrees within just a few hours.
More than 50 million Americans were under a wind chill warning Wednesday as brutal cold and dangerous wind chills threatened the northern Plains en route to the East Coast by Friday. More than half of U.S. states are forecast to see some areas with minimum windchill temperatures in the negative double digits, with the coldest regions bracing for windchill below -50 degrees, according to the weather service. It amounts to "dangerously cold conditions across most of the country this week."
What to do if you find yourself facing severe weather along your holiday travel --- Acuweather.
