Shoppers search for supplies as winter storm moves in from midwest before heading to north-east
Residents in Iowa City, Iowa, on Friday ahead of major winter storm moving from the midwest to the south-eastern US.Residents in Iowa City, Iowa, on Friday ahead of major winter storm moving from the midwest to the south-eastern US.have put a big part of the south-east of the US on an emergency preparedness footing. Shoppers scoured store shelves for storm supplies and crews raced to treat highways and roads as a major winter storm approached from the midwest.
“We’re selling everything you might expect: sleds, but also salt, shovels and firewood,” Wagler said from Abbeville Hardware on Friday. That region faced predictions of a quarter-inch of ice or more on trees and power lines, which could lead to days without electricity.Shoppers are greeted with empty shelves in the meat department at a grocery store in Alexandria, Virginia, on Friday.
The storm, after its expected weekend dip into the south-east, was then expected to head into the north-east while dropping snow, sleet and rain around the densely populated eastern seaboard.
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