Freezing rain can also weigh down tree branches, causing heavy limbs to snap and fall to the ground. These downed branches can injure people, damage property and knock out power lines.

Freezing rain begins as snow in the upper atmosphere, but as it descends, it passes through a warmer layer of air. When the surface temperature is at or below freezing, the precipitation falls as ...

FORT WAYNE, Ind. (WANE) – Freezing rain is moving through the area into Thursday morning. As a result, 15 Fury Alert Days have been declared.

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.

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.

What is an ice storm? Ice storms happen when freezing rain leads to at least 0.25 inches of ice to accumulating on the ground, which is less than Milwaukee and Wisconsin is expected to see this ...

There’s an outside chance that there will be enough buildup of freezing rain, or over 0.25 inches, for some damage to tree limbs and utility lines, as well as scattered power outages. Advertisement ...

A winter storm moved into New England on Thursday afternoon after delivering a messy combination of heavy snow, sleet and freezing rain in the Midwest and Northeast.

Plain rain will fall through the warmer atmosphere, but once it hits the freezing ground, it immediately turns to ice. This is how a glazing of ice occurs, which can be particularly dangerous for ...