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More than 100 vehicles smashed into each different oregon slid disconnected the interstate successful Michigan connected Monday (January 19, 2026) arsenic snowfall fuelled by the Great Lakes blanketed the State.
The monolithic pileup Monday (January 19, 2026) greeting prompted the Michigan State Police to adjacent some directions of Interstate 196 conscionable southwest of Grand Rapids adjacent Hudsonville portion officials worked to region each the vehicles, including much than 30 semitrailer trucks.
The State Police said determination were galore injuries, but nary deaths had been reported.
The clang is conscionable the latest interaction of the large wintertime tempest moving crossed the country. The National Weather Service issued warnings astir either highly acold temperatures oregon the imaginable for wintertime storms crossed respective states starting successful bluish Minnesota and stretching southbound and eastbound into Wisconsin, Indiana, Ohio, Pennsylvania and New York.
A time earlier, snowfall fell arsenic acold southbound arsenic the Florida Panhandle and made it harder for shot players to bent onto the shot during playoff games successful Massachusetts and Chicago.
Forecasters warned Monday that freezing temperatures are imaginable overnight into Tuesday crossed overmuch of north-central Florida and southeast Georgia.
The Ottawa County Sheriff's bureau successful Michigan said aggregate crashes and jack-knifed semis were reported on with galore cars that slid disconnected the road. Stranded motorists were being bused to Hudsonville High School, wherever they could telephone for assistance oregon put a ride.
Officials expected the roadworthy to beryllium closed for respective hours during the cleanup.
