When freezing rain occurs, ice builds up on roads, sidewalks, and power lines makes travel extremely hazardous. Ice accumulations of just 0.25 inches can cause significant disruptions, ...

Freezing rain and sleet will lead to a slick morning commute around the nation’s capital on Thursday, especially north and west of the Beltway.It will probably start during the late evening ...

Freezing rain can cause dangerous travel conditions even in small amounts, according to the NWS. What is sleet? Sleet happens when snowflakes are only partially melted in a shallow layer of warmer ...

The snow and freezing rain -- mostly freezing rain -- will be the story Friday morning. But by 7 a.m., it will be mainly on the east side of the metropolitan area. Areas there won’t get above ...

Freezing rain sometimes marks the southern edge of wintry precipitation in weather systems. That southern edge can dip into areas not used to dealing with wintry weather, such as the South.