Summarize this content to 2000 words in 6 paragraphs A major winter storm was bringing disruptive snow and sleet to the Mid-Atlantic region of the United States on Monday, snarling morning commutes and daily routines after having punished the Midwest with blizzards and freezing rain.Dangerous driving conditions were expected from West Virginia to Delaware, the Weather Prediction Center said, with up to 12 inches of snow expected in some areas, including Washington. More than 250,000 people across the path of the storm were without power on Monday morning, from Missouri to Virginia, according to the utility tracking website poweroutage.us. The storm was moving east from the Midwest, where Kansas and Missouri were particularly hard hit. The National Weather Service of Kansas City reported on social media that Kansas City International Airport had received 11 inches of snow on Sunday, the fourth-largest single-day total in the city’s recorded history. In Topeka, the Weather Service said late Sunday it expected a final total of 14.1 inches, the third-highest single-day snowfall recorded in the area.In the Kansas City metropolitan area, residents hunkered indoors amid ice- and snow-covered driveways, and roads deemed too treacherous for travel. Some areas experienced lightning and booming thunder along with wind gusts of up to 35 miles an hour as the storm moved across the region.“This is a rare blizzard for Kansas City,” Gary Lezak, a longtime meteorologist in the area, said on Sunday. “It is insanely cold.”The storm caused numerous crashes over the weekend. West of Salina, Kan., a fire truck, multiple tractor-trailers, and passenger vehicles overturned. Several trucks went spiraling into ditches as icy roads became impassable, and pileups snarled interstates across the Midwest region. Missouri Highway Patrol reported more than 150 storm-related crashes in the state as of Sunday evening.Mid-Atlantic braces for snowfall and freezing rain.On Monday, the storm was shifting to the Mid-Atlantic, where moderate to heavy snow was forecast. Snow was beginning to fall in the Pittsburgh area, where forecasters predicted both the morning and evening commutes could be disrupted.The Weather Prediction Center predicts major impacts, including dangerous or impossible driving conditions, in parts of West Virginia, Maryland, Virginia, Washington and Delaware.The center predicted six to 12 inches of snow across the Mid-Atlantic states on Monday, including in the Washington metro area. Travelers should anticipate significant disruptions. An additional two to four inches of snow is likely over portions of the Ohio Valley, where travel disruptions will continue.Several states in the path of the storm — including Arkansas, Kansas, Kentucky, Missouri, Virginia, West Virginia, Maryland and parts of New Jersey — have declared states of emergency. The declarations are intended to improve the states’ responses to the storm through various means.Further south, a mix of sleet, freezing rain, and significant ice accumulations is anticipated. In northern Kentucky and parts of southern West Virginia, ice buildup is expected to surpass 0.25 inches, creating treacherous conditions and the potential for power failures.Early Monday, more than 80,000 customers were without power in Kentucky, and 60,000 customers had lost power in Indiana, according to PowerOutage.us, a tracking website.Cold weather lingers.By Tuesday morning, the snow is expected to taper off, although light snow may continue over parts of the Central Appalachians. Cold, gusty weather is forecast for the following days.The Weather Prediction Center warned that nighttime temperatures were expected to fall into single digits to near zero across the Central Plains and into the Mississippi and Ohio Valleys. Daytime highs in these areas are projected to stay below freezing, while the Mid-Atlantic will see slightly less cold conditions, with daytime temperatures near freezing.“It’s going to be pretty cold for a good part of the week,” said Bob Oravec of the Weather Prediction Center. From the eastern Rockies to the East Coast, temperatures will be about 10 to 12 degrees below seasonal averages.Yan Zhuang and Ali Watkins contributed reporting.
