How residents are coping as they brace for a major winter storm

NPR | By Scott Simon,

Frank Morris

Published January 24, 2026 at 7:28 AM EST

The fierce winter storm is predicted to bring a foot of snow, or more, and catastrophic ice and freezing rain to a huge swath of the eastern U.S. We check in on Tulsa, Okla. and how residents there are doing.

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