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Live updates: ‘Major’ snow storm grips Lehigh Valley

February 23, 2026 at 8:33 am

Snow tapering off across the Lehigh Valley, which avoids worst of winter storm. When it will end

Snow is coming to an end in the Lehigh Valley Monday morning, but high winds continuing through the day could continue to reduce visibility and make travel difficult.

Snow falls Sunday, Feb. 22, 2026, late in the evening in Allentown. A winter storm was expected to drop 7-14 inches of snow in the region Sunday into Monday, though the National Weather Service said there was uncertainty about the total. (Rich Rolen/Special to The Morning Call)

Snow falls Sunday, Feb. 22, 2026, late in the evening in Bethlehem. A winter storm was expected to drop 7-14 inches of snow in the region Sunday into Monday, though the National Weather Service said there was uncertainty about the total. (Rich Rolen/Special to The Morning Call)

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Snow falls Sunday night, Feb. 22, 2026, at Fourth Street and Broadway in south Bethlehem as a major winter storm impacted the Lehigh Valley and surrounding region. (Rich Rolen/Special to The Morning Call)

Live updates: ‘Major’ snow storm grips Lehigh Valley

Sisters Sophia Baki, 15, and Julia Baki, 13, and Celine Baki, 17, stand Tuesday, Feb. 17, 2026, in their parents’ dental office in Bethlehem Township. The Baki family is climbing Mount Everest during spring break as part of their efforts to deliver donated medical, dental and school supplies to children in Nepal. (April Gamiz/The Morning Call)

Three Moravian Academy students will trek to Everest Base Camp to deliver medical, school supplies

City trucks plow as snow falls late in the evening Sunday, Feb. 22, 2026, in Bethlehem. A winter storm was expected to drop 7-14 inches of snow in the region Sunday into Monday, though the National Weather Service said there was uncertainty about the total. (Rich Rolen/Special to The Morning Call)

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Snow falls Sunday, Feb. 22, 2026, late in the evening in Bethlehem. A winter storm was expected to drop 7-14 inches of snow in the region Sunday into Monday, though the National Weather Service said there was uncertainty about the total. (Rich Rolen/Special to The Morning Call)

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