Andy Alden saw the horrendous backups on Interstate 95 that started Monday with both professional detachment and an uncomfortable sense of recognition. Alden is an expert in truck safety and “ road weather, ” which looks at conditions on roadway surfaces caused by things like snow and ice.... From the most basic level, why do trucks slip in these circumstances?... And why is it so hard to get them off the highway?...

.... There were skid marks for 300 feet, lawyers said. The truck “ jackknifed ” the landscaping trailer

switches to snow.？... 8: 20 a.m. Monday: State police receive their first calls about jackknifed tractor

People running stop signs, stop lights and you got the people that are overcautious," Josh Hicks, a Minnesota driver who braved the treacherous conditions, told ABC affiliate station KTSP in St.... Paul area today with temperatures around 7 degrees.... Blustery winds will make it feel minus-13 degrees, according to the weather service. There is a 50% chance of more snow hitting the area on Tuesday, according to the weather service forecast....

close Video Winter weather pounds Kentucky, New York City area Janice Dean with the FOX Weather forecast.... A winter storm that forecasters are describing as a" quick-hitting Nor' easter" has already dumped more than a foot of snow Friday on some parts of the region.... Testing sites in Connecticut closed. The Associated Press contributed to this report....

close Video Tow truck driver nearly slammed by a swerving vehicle on icy road Alaska tow truck driver is nearly slammed by drifting vehicle. This was nothing short of a Christmas miracle.A tow truck driver in Alaska came within inches of losing his life on Christmas Day after an SUV lost control on a snowy highway and almost struck him while he was attending to a disabled vehicle. The Anchorage Police Department said on Facebook the close call happened on Seward Highway as Officer Stephen Busby

" I am beat and I am very hungry." Kaine told ABC News he had one orange and one Dr.... Patrick Semansky/ Pool via AFP/ Getty Images Sen.... Tim Kaine speaks during a Senate Armed Services Committee hearing, Sept....

Video released by the Iowa State Patrol shows a state trooper and another man nearly getting hit by a vehicle that lost control on a snowy highway.... Tow truck driver nearly slammed by a swerving vehicle on icy road Alaska tow truck driver is nearly slammed by drifting vehiclie.In Nebraska, the winter storm that pummeled the state Friday was blamed for at least one death on Interstate 80, the Nebraska State Patrol reported Saturday.... The patrol said the driver was killed Friday when the pic

Many lacked food or water, and some ran out of gas.... Such a review should identify “ root causes ” and develop a plan for corrective measures, if needed, the memo said. Advertisement The inquiry is “ not intended as a forum for personal, and agency criticism, ” the memo said.... However, Gilbert said he wants to evaluate it to ensure it doesn’t happen again. Crews reopened I-95 on Tuesday evening....

" It was snowing, and it was windy, and these were tiny little kids."' ARCTIC AIRMASS' BRINGS RECORD-BREAKING COLD TO MIDWEST, AS SNOW THAT CAUSED 4 DEATHS MOVES EASTThe boy and girl, ages 6and 2, had wandered away with wind chills in the area just 3degrees FahrenheitwhenChamberlain spotted them.... " You're nice and warm on the bus." Chamberlain contacted police but the children's family came to the bus before cops arrived, afterwitnessing" all the commotion," andthey were reunited with their