Natural gas prices soar as the U.S.
braces for an arctic blast.
Plus, TikTok USA is here to stay.
If you're a user of TikTok, you're not going to see a difference.
It's going to be interoperable with the rest of the world, but it won't be banned.
And we'll go behind the no-buy January trend that's sweeping social media.
It's Friday, January 23rd.
I'm Luke Vargas for The Wall Street Journal, and here is the AM edition of What's News,
the top headlines and business stories moving your world today.
A winter storm bearing heavy snow, strong winds and bitter cold is descending upon the central U.S.
from the Dakotas to the Gulf with its sights set on the east coast in the coming days.
AccuWeather chief meteorologist Jonathan Porter warned drivers to take caution as ice accumulates on roads and said the storm was likely to affect a broad swath of the country from Texas to the Carolinas.
There are many communities that are not typically used to dealing with this magnitude of snow and ice that are going to be having to contend with that.
Plus, we're going to be dealing with a freeze up and extreme cold wave to follow the storm,
which is going to amplify impacts.
Utilities are bracing for the worst,
wary of a repeat of a deadly 2021 winter storm in Texas that left millions without power for days.
And energy producers in some of America's largest oil and gas fields could see disruptions too,
with traders anticipating that a large share of U.S.
production could become blocked in frozen wells precisely when heating demand is at its peak.