Empty Shelves in Walmart as Residents Prepare for Winter Storm in Southern Missouri

Grocery items were running low at a Walmart in southeastern Missouri on Friday, January 23, as residents shopped in preparation for a https://x.com/NWS/status/2014371869831618967 'large, long-duration winter storm' forecast for the weekend. This footage taken by Albert Blackwell shows empty meat, dairy, water, cereal, frozen food, and produce sections in the Walmart Supercenter in Cape Girardeau, Missouri, on Friday morning. 'Supplies are getting hard to find in Cape as the winter storm gets closer,' Blackwell wrote on https://x.com/WeatherAlbee/status/2014701145206247550 X . According to the https://x.com/NWSPaducah/status/2014645830922223856 National Weather Service , the winter storm is expected to hit the area on Friday night, bringing heavy snowfall mixed with freezing rain, subzero temperatures, and dangerous wind chills throughout Sunday. (Footage by Albert Blackwell/Storyful via Getty Images UGC)