Nearly 1 million power outages reported in winter storms across the country, with snow, ice and blizzard conditions coming

(CNN) Brought brutal winter storms Significant ice, strong winds and heavy snow As part of the multi-day event, roads have already been closed and many power outages have been reported across parts of the US from California to the Northeast on Thursday — even in the Southeast. Unsuitably high temperatures.

More than 60 million people were under winter weather warnings from early Thursday morning west to the Northern Plains, Great Lakes region, New York and New England, before warnings began to go out quickly across the Northern Plains and Great Lakes.

It is part of the storms that have already left Almost a million Homes and businesses without power, mainly in Michigan — were partially affected Freezing rain and snow It is damaged Utility lines and trees — and other parts of the Midwest, according to the tracker PowerOutage.us.

Heavy snow has already hit some of these areas over the past two days — early Thursday, parts of southern Wyoming had more than 40 inches; up to 32 inches in northwestern Montana; and generally 3-6 inches across Nebraska and the Dakotas.

Search and rescue operations were underway in several counties in Wyoming Wednesday evening to rescue motorists stuck in heavy snow, the State Highway Patrol said. said.

In Minnesota, Minneapolis received more than 13 inches over a three-day period. More than 160 vehicle crashes were reported statewide and dozens of cars rolled off roadways Wednesday, a Minnesota State Patrol spokeswoman said. Lieutenant Gordon Shank He said in a series of tweets.

WISCONSIN — The north is expected to see snow beginning Tuesday and freezing rain Wednesday and Thursday. SOUTH — Gov. Tony Evers declared a statewide energy emergency Wednesday, a news release from his office said, “to allow for quick and efficient restoration of power outages across the state.”

Hazardous travel conditions continued in many of these areas on Thursday. Snowfall rates of 1-2 inches per hour were reported early Thursday.

The upper Midwest and Northeast got 4 to 8 inches Thursday, with some areas seeing even more.

The Blizzard warning Jupiter stretches from central Iowa to the Wisconsin-Illinois line and through southern Michigan. These expired during the day, but not before bringing significant icing to parts of Wisconsin and Michigan, including more than three-quarters of an inch in parts of Wisconsin.

Boston could still see mixed rain through Friday, with up to an inch of snow and up to a tenth of an inch of ice moving offshore across the Northeast.

To the west, in an extremely rare event, California’s Los Angeles and Ventura counties will remain under a blizzard warning from Friday morning through Saturday afternoon, the weather service said. This is the first blizzard warning issued by the Weather Service’s Los Angeles office since 1989.

According to Daniel Swain, a climate scientist at the University of California, Los Angeles, “almost the entire population (of California) could see snow from some places later this week if you look in the right direction.”

The National Weather Service in San Diego has issued a blizzard warning for the mountains of San Bernardino County from 4 a.m. local time Friday through 4 p.m. Saturday. The weather service tweeted that this was the first blizzard warning issued by the San Diego office.

In the San Bernardino Mountains, snow accumulations of 3 to 5 feet may occur above 5,000 feet. Between 4,000 and 5,000 feet snow totals may range from 1 to 3 feet. Snow blowing with winds of 50 to 60 mph will create near-zero visibility.

Coastal storms cause disturbances

Treacherous winter storm conditions across large parts of the western and northern United States have caused major disruptions to daily life in some areas, prompting local authorities to issue warnings against hitting the roads.

More than 1,100 scheduled flights into, in or out of the United States were canceled Thursday, according to the monitoring site. FlightAware. This follows the cancellation of more than 1,600 flights on Wednesday.

Snowfall totals have reached dozens of inches in some cities since the storm began Monday evening, including 48 inches in Battle Lake, Wyoming, 32 inches in Dupuis, Montana, and 29 inches in Park City, Utah.

The dangerous situation has led to the implementation of protective measures in several states.

• Wisconsin airport closed early: Green Bay International Airport canceled the remainder of its daily flights Wednesday evening and most of its flights Thursday morning.

• Road closures in several states: Dangerous conditions prompted highway closures Wednesday in several states, including South Dakota, Wyoming, Arizona, North Dakota and Minnesota.

• Main Government Offices Closed: Gov. Janet Mills announced that state offices will be closed Thursday as the storm “is expected to bring significant snowfall to much of the state.”

Unusually warm across the Southeast

Even parts of the Southeast and the Ohio Valley saw unusually high temperatures Thursday. On Thursday, at least 50 high temperatures were recorded for the month of February or for the season, from Jacksonville, Florida to Columbus, Ohio.

More than 30 daily achievements Wednesday was recorded across the Southeast and the Appalachians and lower Midwest.

A warring winter storm and southern heat wave created a 100-degree temperature difference between the northern and southern Rockies. Earlier this week.

Over the weekend, more than 100 records are possible from the Gulf of Mexico to the Great Lakes.

The region experienced severe storms across the Mississippi River Valley on Wednesday, with more than 30 storms reported across the region.

Correction: An earlier version of this story misstated which city reached 87 degrees Wednesday. It was Naples, Florida.

CNN’s Taylor Ward, Aya Elamrouzi and Eric Levenson contributed to this report.