Odds Are Rising That Another Winter Storm Will Pummel US East Next Week

The odds that another winter storm will pummel the US East Coast early next week are rising, putting power grids to the test again as the region recovers from a larger system that upended travel and triggered widespread blackouts.

Eastern North Carolina, extreme southeastern Virginia and eastern Massachusetts have 60% chance or more of minor weather impacts from a storm, according to the US Weather Prediction Center. A wider area from South Carolina to Massachusetts, including Long Island and coastal New Jersey, has a 40% or higher chance of moderate effects from Feb. 1 to Feb. 2.