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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Massive winter storm dumps sleet, freezing rain and snow around much of US
A massive winter storm has dumped sleet, freezing rain and snow across much of the U.S., halting air and road traffic and sending temperatures plunging. In the Southeast, branches and power lines snapped Sunday under the weight of ice, and…
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.
More than 1 million Americans lose power as monster winter storm sweeps across the US
More than 1 million Americans were without power Sunday afternoon as a historic winter storm barreled across large portions of the U.S.As of 2:35 p.m. ET, Tennessee was the hardest-hit state, with approximately 306,700 customers experiencing outages. Mississippi followed with about 175,300 outages, while Louisiana reported roughly 145,100, according to data from PowerOutage.us.Significant outages were also reported in Texas, where about 93,000 p…
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