"Winter Storm Battleground": Millions Face Potentially Crippling Snowstorms Across 19 States

"Winter Storm Battleground": Millions Face Potentially Crippling Snowstorms Across 19 States A rapidly strengthening El Niño is raising fears of a brutal winter across the United States as meteorologists warn that millions of Americans could be battered by powerful snowstorms, dangerous ice events and widespread flooding. The developing weather phenomenon, driven by unusually warm Pacific Ocean waters, could trigger one of the strongest El Niño events on record, dramatically altering storm patterns across the country. NOAA's Climate Prediction Center recently placed the odds of a strong-to-very strong El Niño persisting into early...