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 […]
(WOIO) – Road salt left behind by snow plows is bad on cars. Several hundred people will file through a single car wash today just to get the corrosive mineral off their vehicles. A local shop owner makes a living working with rust and recommends a trip to the car wash twice a week in the […]
Atlanta is in the midst of what is being referred to as one of the worst traffic jams in history. Beginning on Tuesday, the traffic jam is reportedly still going on 16 hours later, reports the Atlanta Journal-Constitution. The traffic nightmare started after it snowed and the weather caused road snarls all across the […]
(RNN) – People experiencing the wintry weather, especially those in the South, are seeing the downside of driving on icy, wet roads. Road closures, crashes and business and school cancellations have resulted from a mix of freezing rain and sleet falling as far south as the Gulf Coast. But if conditions allow you to […]
CLEVELAND – Got a taste for a Big Mac? McDonald’s restaurants across northeast Ohio are offering customers a special family meal deal for less than 10 bucks. It’s called the “Mickey D’s Dinner Box.” It sells for $9.99 and includes two Big Mac sandwiches, two regular cheeseburgers, 10-piece Chicken McNuggets and 4 small fries. […]
MENTOR, OH – Car troubles are not uncommon with this kind of weather, but there are ways to avoid getting stuck with repair bills. We’re driving home the best ways to get to your destination. “This is freezing,” said Walter Braun from Mentor. He told us his wheels have felt the effects of winter. […]
If you live in northeast Ohio and think, “This has to be the coldest place in America!”–you’re almost correct. According to the Weather Channel, Akron ranks #13 and Cleveland #14 on its list of the 20 coldest major cities in America. It’s colder here than Pittsburgh and Boston. On average, the Rubber City spends […]
LAKEWOOD, OH (WOIO) – Lakewood’s salt supply is running precariously low, and the city’s streets have suffered as a result. Morton, the contracted company that provides the city’s salt, has failed to deliver the 1,000 tons back-ordered by the city. Lakewood has now placed orders with other vendors, but not being under contract means […]
CLEVELAND, OH (WOIO) – If you would like to include a business in our school closing list please email us at web@19actionnews.com. The following activities have been canceled due to weather: The Free Community Dinner that is held at Streetsboro United Methodist Church has been canceled for1/28/2014. Cuyahoga County Common Pleas Court will […]
COLUMBUS, OH (WOIO) – Monday, Gov. John R. Kasich urged the Ohio General Assembly and Ohio Department of Education to work together on legislation providing a one-time increase in the number of days that schools can take off because of snow or bad weather. Kasich said a one-time increase of just a few days is […]
CLEVELAND, OH (WOIO) – The City of Shaker Heights is making the Stephanie Tubbs Jones Community Building available to residents who may need refuge from the cold. Because the icy conditions can cause unanticipated outages and burst pipes, residents may need a place to warm up. Those who find themselves in such circumstances can […]