CLEVELAND — A lot of downtown organizations and businesses were waiting to take their cue from Cleveland City Hall on whether to send workers home early Wednesday. It’s Mayor Frank Jackson’s call. And as of midday, there was no indication the city would be sending its workers home early or asking for staggered dismissals […]
Wednesday mid-afternoon, FirstEnergy is reporting on its website that more than 29,854 people are without power as a winter storm begins to move across Northeast Ohio. Parma Municipal Court has had its power restored and so the court remains in session. Parma police say there is no power on State Road from Brookpark to […]
CLEVELAND, OH (WOIO) – Meteorologist Jeff Tanchak is forecasting a major winter storm to blow through northeast Ohio Wednesday. It’s expected to begin Tuesday night with a light rain then change over to snow Wednesday morning around 8 a.m. The Ohio Department of Transportation is gearing up for the weather event. Since it will […]
(WOIO) – A major storm system will be moving through Wednesday and possibly give us our worst winter storm this year. It will start out as rain tonight with the heaviest rain falling overnight. Much colder air will filter in tomorrow and that will quickly change the rain to snow in the morning from […]
CLEVELAND – For the first time in Ohio history, ODOT is going out in the market place to find a new contract for salt supply mid-winter to get them through the remainder of what has been a messier than normal season thus far. HOW DID THIS HAPPEN? Each summer, ODOT, in conjunction with […]
If New York City is the “City that doesn’t sleep,” Cleveland is the “City that doesn’t stop” and that’s exactly what happened throughout Northeast Ohio Wednesday. Snow fell overnight, took a break and then continued for the next five hours straight (at the very least) but schools and businesses still remained open, especially on […]
CLEVELAND, OH (WOIO) – FirstEnergy utility personnel are prepared to respond to any outages caused by severe winter weather forecast across most of its utilities’ service territories later Tuesday and into Wednesday. The storm is expected to produce a wintry mix of ice and heavy snow, with current forecasts projecting the most severe conditions […]
Dr. Zenko Hrynkiw walked six to eight miles through an Alabama snowstorm to perform emergency surgery on a patient who otherwise would have died. Hrynkiw was at Brookwood Medical Center Tuesday morning when he received word that a patient at Trinity Medical Center needed emergency brain surgery. Due to the snow, the neurosurgeon only traveled a […]
The Weather Channel graphic is starting to go viral as “Janus” was misspelled. We can handle a polar vortex, sure. But this? We’re not so sure we can survive this one. The Weather Channel warned us that the next winter storm is going to be even worse than storm Janus. READ MORE: […]
(WOIO) – A number of businesses and attractions have closed due to the extreme cold. If you have a closure, email us at web@19actionnews.com. The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame will be closed Tuesday, Jan. 7 The Akron Zoo will be closed Monday and Tuesday. As long as weather conditions are favorable, the […]
CLEVELAND, OH (WOIO) – ODOT is preparing for the snow and ice storm that is coming through Cleveland this week. Ohio Department of Transportation District 12 serving Cuyahoga, Lake and Geauga counties is fully staffed for this New Year’s Day lake effect snow event. Approximately 80 crews are on the roads in the tri-county area plowing and treating […]
SUMMIT COUNTY, Ohio – ODOT District 4 is prepared for the combination of holiday travelers, wind and snow with an impending winter storm. Forty ODOT plows are assigned to Summit and Stark Counties. That’s 20 state plows alone in each county. ODOT is also rolling out its third double plow — this puppy plows […]