When freezing rain occurs, ice builds up on roads, sidewalks, and power lines makes travel extremely hazardous. Ice accumulations of just 0.25 inches can cause significant disruptions, ...

Freezing rain will fall in 15 states. Here are the cities that will get icy. The latest winter storm will bring more ice than snow. Find out where the worst of it will hit.

Freshly fallen snow and heavy rain can all make a rush-hour commute frustrating, but freezing rain is perhaps the most deceiving and destructive of all winter precipitation. Simply put, freezing ...

Freezing rain can cause dangerous travel conditions even in small amounts, according to the NWS. What is sleet? Sleet happens when snowflakes are only partially melted in a shallow layer of warmer ...

Heavy freezing rain is mixing with sleet, especially from the city and spots to the north – wherever temperatures are just above or below freezing. A mix of sleet, snow and freezing rain is ...

Freezing rain sometimes marks the southern edge of wintry precipitation in weather systems. That southern edge can dip into areas not used to dealing with wintry weather, such as the South.

Unlike rain, freezing rain does not generally runoff until it is warm enough to melt. Often the only way to get rid of ice is to wait for it to melt or to melt it with salt if you have it on hand ...

When the sleet reaches the ground, it’s a bit springier than freezing rain or snow, but it can accumulate just like snow would. What is snow? Snow is what happens when precipitation freezes.