Winter storms and extreme cold

Snow, ice and cold.

Happening now

Rift is tracking 12 active events of this kind in the last 24 hours, including:

Freeze Warning issued November 7 at 9:04AM EST until November 8 at 10:00AM EST by NWS Louisville KY (Orange; Washington; Scott; Jefferson; Dubois; Crawford; Perry; Harrison; Floyd; Clark; Hancock; Breckinridge; Meade; Ohio; Grayson; Hardin; Bullitt; Jefferson; Oldham; Trimble; Henry; Shelby; Franklin; Scott; Harrison; Spencer; Anderson; Woodford; Fayette; Bourbon; Nicholas; Nelson; Washington; Mercer; Jessamine; Clark; Larue; Marion; Boyle; Garrard; Madison; Butler; Edmonson; Hart; Green; Taylor; Casey; Lincoln; Logan; Warren; Simpson; Allen; Barren; Monroe; Metcalfe; Adair; Russell; Cumberland; Clinton)
Freeze Warning issued November 7 at 10:30AM CST until November 8 at 8:00AM CST by NWS Paducah KY (Jefferson; Wayne; Edwards; Wabash; Perry; Franklin; Hamilton; White; Jackson; Williamson; Saline; Gallatin; Union; Johnson; Pope; Hardin; Alexander; Pulaski; Massac; Gibson; Pike; Posey; Vanderburgh; Warrick; Spencer; Fulton; Hickman; Carlisle; Ballard; McCracken; Graves; Livingston; Marshall; Calloway; Crittenden; Lyon; Trigg; Caldwell; Union; Webster; Hopkins; Christian; Henderson; Daviess; McLean; Muhlenberg; Todd; Perry; Bollinger; Cape Girardeau; Wayne; Carter; Ripley; Butler; Stoddard; Scott; Mississippi; New Madrid)
Freeze Warning issued November 7 at 1:55PM EST until November 8 at 10:00AM EST by NWS Wilmington OH (Ripley; Dearborn; Ohio; Switzerland; Carroll; Gallatin; Boone; Kenton; Campbell; Owen; Grant; Pendleton; Bracken; Robertson; Mason; Lewis; Franklin; Pickaway; Ross; Hamilton; Clermont; Brown; Highland; Adams; Pike; Scioto)
Freeze Warning issued November 7 at 2:29PM EST until November 8 at 9:00AM EST by NWS Baltimore MD/Washington DC (Nelson; Albemarle; Greene; Madison; Orange; Culpeper; Southern Fauquier)
Freeze Warning issued November 7 at 4:30PM EST until November 8 at 10:00AM EST by NWS Jackson KY (Fleming; Montgomery; Bath; Rowan; Estill; Powell; Menifee; Rockcastle; Jackson; Pulaski; Laurel; Wayne; McCreary; Whitley; Knox; Bell; Harlan; Elliott; Morgan; Johnson; Wolfe; Magoffin; Floyd; Lee; Breathitt; Knott; Owsley; Perry; Clay; Leslie; Letcher; Martin; Pike)

Official guidance

FEMA, Ready.gov: Winter Weather (www.ready.gov)

Stay off roads if at all possible.
Limit your time outside.
Gather supplies in case you need to stay home for several days without power.

Quoted from FEMA, Ready.gov, "Winter Weather", a US federal government work in the public domain. Checked word for word against the live page on 7 November 2026. Read the full guidance there.

These are the agencies' words, not Rift's. Guidance differs between countries; where yours differs, follow your own national agency. In an emergency, follow official instructions and call your local emergency number.