The South and East battle bitter cold as an ice storm bears down on the Pacific Northwest

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January 17th, 2024

A worker spreads a composite of ice melter and salt on the sidewalks of the Mississippi State Capitol in Jackson, Miss., Tuesday, Jan. 16, 2024, as dangerously cold temperatures affected a major portion of the state with areas reporting accumulation of snow and ice. Deep South states like Mississippi, Louisiana and Arkansas joined portions of the Rockies, Great Plains, Midwest and New England in reporting storms and frigid temperatures. (AP Photo/Rogelio V. Solis)

Residents of the Pacific Northwest suffered more misery as an ice storm bore down Wednesday, threatening to turn mountain highways treacherous and zap power in bitterly cold temperatures.

Much of the region was under an ice storm warning through the morning, promising only to add to the damage brought by a powerful winter storm that hit over the weekend.

Parts of southwest Washington and western Oregon — including the latter state’s largest cities of Portland, Salem and Eugene — expected a quarter-inch to an inch (6 to 25 millimeters) of ice, while freezing rain was forecast in the Seattle area.

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