Al Drago/Bloomberg/Getty Imagesįormer President Donald Trump’s campaign on Friday canceled three out of the four in-person campaign events he was scheduled to hold just days before the Iowa caucuses due to extreme weather in the state.

Widespread amounts of four to six inches are expected, with isolated amounts closer to 10 inches possible.Ī bus supporting former US President Donald Trump outside of the Machine Shed in Urbandale, Iowa, on January 11. Snow is expected to impact the state beginning late Sunday afternoon and lasting through Monday. For most of the state, wind chills will be below zero and in northern parts of the state as cold as negative 20 degrees Fahrenheit. Temperatures will struggle to make it past the teens and low 20s for afternoon highs. What to expect from the forecast: Bitter cold sweeping through the middle of the country will impact Arkansas by Sunday through the middle of next week. Sanders also activated the state’s National Guard to assist with any weather operations alongside state police, according to a news release from the governor’s office. Sarah Huckabee Sanders declared a state of emergency. Fallon/AFP/Getty ImagesĪhead of the incoming severe winter weather, Arkansas Gov.

Sarah Huckabee Sanders speaks during the Milken Institute Global Conference in Beverly Hills, California, on May 2, 2023. Temperatures in Des Moines will remain in the single digits tonight and much of Saturday before dropping below zero Saturday afternoon. Once temperatures drop below zero they will remain there for all of Sunday and Monday - just in time for the 2024 Iowa caucuses, which are expected to be the coldest ever. Wind chills across the state will be as cold as -30 to -45 degrees this weekend into early next week.Īrkansas Gov. Saturday due to continued blowing snow which will create white-out conditions. Where weather conditions stand now: The snow is tapering off this evening, but wind gusts of 30 to 45 mph will continue tonight and all day Saturday. A blizzard warning is in effect until 6 p.m. The early-week storm brought a foot of snow to the city, while the late-week storm has totaled about nine inches. Combined, Des Moines has seen 21.3 inches of snow since Monday. And former President Donald Trump’s campaign on Friday canceled three out of the four in-person campaign events he was scheduled to hold just days before the Iowa caucuses due to extreme weather in the state.īack-to-back storms have hammered the Midwest with heavy snow this week. For Des Moines, Iowa, the one-two punch has resulted the snowiest week since 1942.

Preparations across the US: The mayor of Buffalo, New York, says the area is prepared for this weekend's winter weather - and they're not expecting the type of storm the city dealt with in late 2022, when dozens died.Travel trouble: The number of flight delays and cancellations is ticking up as the Midwest and South are experiencing messy conditions due to the storm.More than seven million people were under coastal flood warnings along swaths of the Northeast Friday, including residents of Philadelphia and parts of New York, where Nassau and Suffolk Counties could be overwhelmed with up to three feet of coastline flooding. Flooding: Another bout of rain was forecast to fall on the already-soaked Northeast Friday, threatening to trigger disruptive and damaging coastal flooding in several of the region's major cities through Saturday.More than 5 million people across portions of Texas, Arkansas, Louisiana, Tennessee and Mississippi were under a tornado watch as intense thunderstorms rumbled across the South Friday morning. Severe thunderstorms: While the northern side of the storm will deliver snowy and windy conditions, severe thunderstorms were forecast Friday on the southern side - including for a significant portion of the South and portions of the mid-Atlantic.Iowa is one of the states where blizzard conditions were expected Friday.

Whiteout conditions are possible from Iowa to Michigan, and people may even find themselves stuck in a blizzard. The combination of heavy snow and strong winds could make travel dangerous and even impossible in some areas, especially through Friday night. Snow and blizzard conditions: Snow was forecast Friday to once again bury portions of the Midwest as a powerful storm tracks through the region Friday and Saturday.

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