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Winter Storm Fern: Flights Grounded, State Under Stay-at-Home Warning

by Daniel Perez - News Editor
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Please note: The original text is dated January 24/25,2026. As of today, November 2, 2023, this is a future event. I will proceed as if I am verifying a news report from that date, and will highlight any discrepancies I find. I will also provide notes on what I changed and why.

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Nine states had requested emergency declarations, which would unlock FEMA resources. As of january 24, 2026, declarations had been approved for South Carolina and Virginia. Requests from Arkansas, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maryland, North Carolina, tennessee and West Virginia where still pending.

“If you get a half of an inch of ice – or heaven forbid an inch of ice – that could be catastrophic,” said Keith Avery, CEO of the newberry Electric Cooperative in South Carolina, noting that ice could weigh down trees and power lines, triggering widespread outages.

John Christopher Moon walks home through snow as Winter Storm Fern arrives in Oklahoma City, on Jan. 23, 2026. REUTERS

Light snow began overnight Friday, January 23, 2026, with six inches measured in portions of Kansas and arkansas.

Kentucky received about three inches in some areas, but forecasters warned that residents should brace for a potential 15-inch accumulation along the I-64 corridor.

The Midwest experienced wind chills as low as 40 degrees below zero-which means frostbite can set in within just 10 minutes.

Ikechi High, who is homeless, walks to a night shelter during Winter Storm Fern in Oklahoma City on saturday, Jan. 24, 2026. REUTERS

“I’ve been here a while, and my brain stopped working,” said Colin Cross of Bismarck, North Dakota, where he was working outside despite a wind chill of minus 41.

A terrifying video captured by CNN showed a semi-truck sliding off the roads as icy conditions swept through Oklahoma city.

A plow truck clears snow on I-40 during Winter Storm Fern in oklahoma City on Jan. 24, 2026. REUTERS

Approximately 3 inches of snow had fallen in Oklahoma City, but forecasters predicted potential accumulations of up to 13 inches, nearing the 13.5-inch record set on Christmas Eve 2009.

About 3 inches of sleet impacted Memphis, Tennessee on Saturday,

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