NEWS · B2 Level - Part 2

Season's Most Significant Storm Yet

We start with a massive winter storm that's affected millions of people in the US since Saturday.

Level: B2 · 18 sentences

Transcript

  1. We start with a massive winter storm
  2. that's affected millions of people in the US since Saturday.
  3. The storm unleashed a mix of heavy snow, treacherous ice, rain, and severe thunderstorms
  4. across an enormous 1500 mile swath of the country, from the Plains to the East Coast.
  5. The powerful storm moved on an eastern path.
  6. It unleashed a wintry mess into the Mississippi Valley and parts of the Midwest by Sunday morning
  7. before moving on to the Ohio Valley and East Coast.
  8. Parts of Kansas and Missouri were pounded with blizzard conditions,
  9. getting wind gusts up to 50 miles per hour and several inches of snow.
  10. Visibility dropped to near zero during the storm, making driving or getting around nearly impossible.
  11. Meanwhile, areas just south of the heaviest snow faced dangerous ice conditions.
  12. The Weather Service discouraged any travel in Southern Illinois, Western Kentucky, and Southeast Missouri,
  13. where roads, bridges, and overpasses are likely to become slick and hazardous.
  14. This massive winter storm isn't sparing warmer areas in the South,
  15. where it brought thunderstorms and heavy rain to parts of Louisiana, Arkansas, and Mississippi.
  16. Governors of several states declared a state of emergency or state of preparedness before the storm
  17. so they could be ready to clear roads and deal with power outages that the storm left in its wake.
  18. We hope all of you in the storm's path are safe and warm as it passes through.