US EditionWinter Storm Leaves Over 1 Million Without Power and Cancels Thousands of Flights
The winter storm caused at least 13 deaths and forced closures across the South and Northeast, with 783,214 customers losing power, according to poweroutage.us.
- On Sunday, more than 10,000 flights were canceled and 8,000 delayed, while power outages approached 800,000 customers, especially in Tennessee and Mississippi, according to FlightAware and poweroutage.us.
- A sprawling winter system brought heavy snow from the Ohio Valley to the Northeast and catastrophic ice from the Lower Mississippi Valley to the Mid-Atlantic and Southeast.
- Forecasters warned of up to two feet in some of the harder-hit places, with Nashville, Tennessee experiencing ice accumulations of half an inch or more, causing limbs to crash and power outages.
- By Saturday, President Donald Trump had approved emergency declarations for at least a dozen states, and the Federal Emergency Management Agency pre-positioned supplies and teams, while schools and universities canceled or moved classes remote Monday.
- The National Weather Service forecasted ice and snowfall into Monday with bitter cold to follow, while Tippah Electric Power said catastrophic damage could delay restorations for weeks and crews paused work as trees snapped around linemen.
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A winter storm sweeping across more than half the United States has already claimed 20 lives, resulted in the cancellation of thousands of flights daily, and left hundreds of thousands without power.
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A powerful winter storm has swept across the United States, killing at least 25 people and causing widespread disruptions. The storm's aftermath includes extensive power outages, travel chaos and a historic ice storm in Mississippi.
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