This is the horrific moment a high-speed driver crashed into a snowplow on a snow-covered highway in New York, showing why officials are pleading with Northeast residents to stay home until deadly Storm Indigo passes through.
Video captured on the plow's dashcam shows a black sedan attempting to overtake a truck on the opposite side of the road as the truck tries to get out of the way, swerves and hits the side of the plow.
According to the New York Department of Transportation, no one was injured in the accident, which occurred Thursday in the state's North Country near the state's Canadian border.
Winter Storm Indigo will move into the area on Friday, simultaneously battering the Midwest and Mid-South with snow, freezing rain and freezing temperatures. The National Weather Service has issued warnings and advised people to postpone their travel plans until the storm passes.
Speaking to the New York Post, Fox meteorologist Nikki Nolan said the Big Apple could be hit with up to five inches of snow just days after the city's infamous 700-day snow drought began.
This map shows the areas preparing to be hit by Storm Indigo this weekend
A person walks their dog through Central Park in New York this week as the city prepares for another blanket of snow this week
Snow accumulations are being seen outside the U.S. Capitol, with the nation's capital in the sights of Storm Indigo this weekend
A snow plow clears streets of heavy snow on January 18, 2024 in Lackawanna, New York
: Vehicles attempt to navigate snow-covered streets of Buffalo, New York on Thursday
A person crosses South Pine Street in downtown Florence, Alabama, on Thursday as Storm Indigo continues to batter the United States
Snow was reported in Ohio and parts of Tennessee late Thursday. On Friday morning, flakes were expected in southern New England, New York and Washington DC, where two inches are expected.
The weather system had previously caused federal offices in the capital to be closed due to weather for the first time in two years.
Despite relatively low snowfall, travel is still expected to be dangerous.
Philadelphia will be blanketed with 5 to 6 inches of snow, the city's CBS affiliate reports. As of 7 a.m. Friday morning, the City of Brotherly Love is under a snow warning that restricts travel and parking.
The city schools are also closed, as are the courts and libraries. Similar warnings are in effect in New Jersey, where all government offices in the state are closed.
Maryland reported similar snow amounts that were expected to impact the morning commute Friday afternoon. The temperature in the state will reach the teens before dipping into the single digits over the weekend.
The warm-up will begin early next week, with some temperatures expected to reach the 50s by midweek.
Storm Indigo swept through the Pacific Northwest earlier this week, with ice accumulations half an inch thick in Oregon and Washington state.
In Oregon, more than 80,000 homes and businesses lost power due to the storm.
On Thursday, the storm dropped temperatures in Minnesota to -22°C.
Patrick Sahr is outside shortly after sunrise shoveling snow from his car and driveway after at least 18 inches of new snow fell overnight – in addition to the three feet that arrived over the weekend on January 17, 2024 in Buffalo, New York
At least 40 people have lost their lives since this weather system began on January 12, with deaths reported in Oregon, Wisconsin, Mississippi, Arkansas, Illinois, Kansas, Tennessee and New York.
A power line fell on a parked car in Northeast Portland on Wednesday, killing three people and injuring a baby.
The three people killed – two adults and a teenager – were found dead when firefighters arrived and the baby was taken to a hospital.
It is believed the victims were electrocuted after getting out of the vehicle, the statement said. The power company later de-energized the line, the statement said, without naming the company.
The NWS warned that freezing rain could return to parts of northwestern Oregon and southwestern Washington this evening into Friday morning, with the highest chance in the western Columbia River Gorge and eastern metropolitan Portland and Vancouver.