In the run-up to Christmas, the severe cold and heavy snow that has gripped the United States is wreaking havoc such as power outages and traffic disruptions in various locations.
According to CNN and the Associated Press, on the 24th (local time), Christmas Eve, 1.6 million households in a vast area ranging from southeast like North Carolina and Georgia to south like Kentucky and Texas, and northeast like New York, Pennsylvania and West Virginia are in a state of power outage. .
More than 708,000 households have been cut off from electricity, especially in North Carolina, Alabama, Georgia and Florida.
Also cut were 384,000 homes in Maine, New Hampshire and Connecticut and 383,000 homes in the South, including Tennessee, Kentucky, Mississippi, Louisiana, Arkansas and Oklahoma.
There are also victims.
A “bomb cyclone” formed in the Midwestern United States moved east, spraying severe cold snaps and snow, and more than 15 deaths have been confirmed since the 21st.
In New York, two people died after first responders were stranded in heavy snow, and in Ohio, four people died in an automobile accident caused by heavy snow.
Three people died in car crashes in Kansas.
The Associated Press reports that approximately 60% of the US population is facing various weather alerts.
By region, Atlanta and Florida recorded their lowest Christmas Eve temperatures on record since weather observation began, and Philadelphia and Pittsburgh are also expected to hit record lows.
Washington DC had its second coldest Christmas Eve since 1989, and New York also had its coldest Christmas Eve since 1906, according to CNN.
Heavy snow, high winds and icing phenomena are appearing everywhere and flight cancellations are also on the rise.
According to flight information tracking site FlightAware, 1,600 U.S. flights were canceled and 1,800 delayed this morning alone.
About 5,700 domestic and international flights were said to have been canceled the day before.
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