Two people were killed in separate accidents along icy sections of Interstate 80 in Iowa.A man was fatally struck by a snowplow in Libertyville, Illinois.More than 1,300 flight have been canceled Tuesday as Winter Storm Jayden moves across the Midwest.State offices and several school districts will be closed in the Georgia on Tuesday.A state of emergency was declared in Wisconsin and Alabama.
Winter Storm Jayden tore into the South and East Tuesday, closing schools and government offices, forcing the cancelation of more than 1,300 flights and triggering states of emergency in several states.
The storm has been responsible for at least three deaths. Two people were killed in separate crashes along sections of Interstate 80 in western Iowa made icy by Winter Storm Jayden.
One woman was killed and two other passengers were injured when a semi-trailer rear-ended a car between Avoca and Walnut Monday morning. The accident was reported about 8 a.m. and state patrol confirmed roads were icy at the time. Iowa State Patrol of Bountiful, Utah, as the woman killed in the crash.
A 9-year-old boy was killed in a single car accident Sunday evening in when the vehicle he was in slid off the highway because of slick conditions and rolled into a ditch in Case County. Iowa State Patrol . Seven other people in the vehicle we also injured and taken to Cars County Memorial Hospital, according to an Iowa State Patrol crash report.
A snowplow , a suburb north of Chicago, the Sun-Times reported. No other details about the victim were released.
As of Tuesday morning, more than , according to Flight Aware. On Monday, the storm forced the cancelation of more than 2,500 flights.
Delta Air Lines issued a for Atlanta's Hartsfield-Jackson International Airport as well as throughout the Northeast with weather possibly playing a factor in traveling into and out of destinations in Jayden's path. The waiver allows customers on flights to or from cities that may be affected to change their flight plans without a fee.
Here's a full breakdown of how different regions of the country are dealing with Winter Storm Jayden:
The Georgia Department of Transportation was preparing roads Tuesday, a day after Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp closed all state offices in more than 30 counties, including Atlanta.
"We want everyone to be safe," Kemp said in a news conference.
Atlanta Mayor Keisha Lance Bottoms announced that all city office would also be closed Tuesday. The city's public schools and several suburban school districts will also be closed. Thousands of visitors are in town for Sunday's Super Bowl.
A full list of closures can be found .
Northwest of Atlanta, Kennesaw State University announced a on Tuesday. University bus and student health services will be closed as well.
Georgia Tech also announced a campus closure for Tuesday with wintry weather inbound.
Alabama's Gov. Kay Ivey declared a Monday afternoon for all the state's counties in advance of the storm.
“This winter storm has the potential to affect a large portion of our state. Citizens in the northern half of the state should be especially mindful of the changing weather conditions,” Ivey said in a news release. “Travel conditions could be negatively impacted Tuesday and Wednesday mornings. Please avoid travel if possible, and be very careful if you do have to get out on the roadways.”
Schools in Birmingham, Alabama, were closed Tuesday.
Santa Rosa County in Florida's Panhandle said a would be open Tuesday and Wednesday.
Health officials in Baltimore from Tuesday night through Friday morning, the Baltimore Sun reported. Under such a declaration, agencies offer meals to elderly residents and urge homeless people to enter shelters. The city's public works department expects water main breaks and encouraged residents to protect outdoor or exposed pipes from the cold.
State government offices in Michigan's lower peninsula shut down Monday morning with heavy snow moving into the area. Only vital offices were kept open with the snowstorm blasting the state. Gov. Gretchen Whitmer asked drivers to keep off the roads.
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Three students heading to Central Dauphin High School in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania Tuesday were taken to an area hospital with non-life threatening injuries after a , according to the Lower Paxton Police.
Commuters ran into several trouble spots around Detroit when they tried to make it home Monday evening. The Michigan Department of Transportation tweeted about dozens of crashes on interstates in the metro area.
Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer declared a state of emergency Monday night. Hundreds of schools were canceled Tuesday.
In Wisconsin, Gov. Tony Evers declared a state of emergency Monday, extending through the end of the work week. Schools were also closed throughout the state as temperatures plummeted.
"I want to make sure all state assets are available, including the if needed, to help communities across the state and keep people warm and safe," announced Gov. Evers.
Interstate south of U.S. Highway 151 in Wisconsin with a pair of semi trucks that slid into a roadside ditch, according to the Manitowoc County Sheriff's Office. Deputies sent to help clear the scene had the southbound lanes of the interstate reopened within a few hours.
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As the cold moved in behind the storm, Minneapolis schools were closed. Many schools in cities throughout the region also shut down.
The Minnesota State Patrol responded to from midnight Sunday to 10 a.m. Monday, the Star Tribune reported. A jackknifed tractor trailer blocked northbound lanes of I-694 in Oakdale for about two hours late Monday morning.
The University of Notre Dame announced the from Tuesday at 7 p.m. until 1 p.m. Thursday. Student dining halls will remain open with extended hours, as will the lower levels of the Hesburgh Library and the LaFortune Student Center, the university wrote in a press release Monday.
Notre Dame's last closure due to weather came almost five years ago to the date.
The Chicago Zoological Society announced that the Brookfield Zoo will be closed on Wednesday and Thursday because of the threat of frigid weather. This will be only the fourth time the zoo has closed during its 85-year history.
In Wisconsin and Minnesota, the largest of both states' school districts — including Milwaukee, Minneapolis and St. Paul — closed Monday.
Earlier in Jayden's path, a North Dakota sheriff's deputy's vehicle was struck while he was assisting a stranded motorist.
"If you see please slow down and move over," the Burleigh County Sheriff's Department wrote in the video description. "Luckily nobody was injured."
Jerry Jackson rides his bike on a cold day on Cochrane Street on Jan. 29, 2019, in Detroit, Mich., after Winter Storm Jayden hit the area. Millions of Americans braced Tuesday for a dangerous polar vortex which began to settle over a large swath of the United States, threatening to set new records as schools and businesses closed and authorities warned of frostbite. Temperatures in almost a dozen states stretching over 1,200 miles from the Dakotas to Ohio were forecast to be the coldest in a generation, if not on record. (Jeff Kowalsky/AFP/Getty Images)