US EditionIce from winter storm leaves a million customers without power across the South
- On Sunday, PowerOutage.us reported about 1 million customers without power across the South as a massive winter storm dumped sleet, freezing rain and snow up through New England.
- Ice accumulation in Nashville and nearby areas overloaded local trees and utility lines, with roughly a half inch of ice snapping branches and causing widespread outages.
- More than 9,600 U.S. flights were cancelled for Sunday, with over 4,000 cancelled on Saturday, as flight tracking website FlightAware reported about 213 million people under winter weather warnings.
- Local utility crews were pulled from roads due to life-threatening conditions, slowing repairs while the Federal Emergency Management Agency pre-positioned supplies and President Donald Trump approved emergency declarations Saturday.
- Forecasters said ice and snow would continue through Monday, threatening almost 180 million people and prolonging dangerous travel and infrastructure impacts, the National Weather Service said.
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Winter storm leaves hundreds of thousands of customers without power across the South
A massive winter storm dumped sleet, freezing rain and snow across much of the U.S. on Sunday, leaving hundreds of thousands of homes and businesses in the Southeast without electricity.
About 900,000 users were left without electricity in the US today, mostly in the south, American media reported, adding that about 20 federal states declared a state of emergency due to the snowstorm that swept the country.
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Historic winter storm pounds US from south to northeast
A life-threatening winter storm brought hazardous conditions to a wide swath of the United States on Sunday, from Texas to New England, prompting warnings to stay off roads, along with mass flight cancellations and power outages.
The severe winter storm in the US has now affected 190 million residents. A state of emergency has been declared in at least 20 states. More than one million customers have experienced power outages. More than 11,000 flights have been canceled.
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