More than a million citizens are without power, mostly in the Northeast
cold friday in United States. Last Friday, temperatures were below zero in large parts of the country elliotta large freezing storm Known as the bomb cyclone, it has left millions of homes without power and thousands of travelers at the gates of the Christmas holidays. Ten people have died on the streets since the storm began. The phenomenon, caused by an arctic air front, will be responsible for life on land the coldest christmas since the 80s.
The ten people who have died in traffic accidents so far come from the states Kansas, Oklahoma, Kentucky Y Ohio. In other places, like Chicago (Fig.) or Nashville (Tennessee), the streets clogged for hours as the rain turned to ice and the wind turned to blizzards. In Denver, Colorado, Thursday was the second coldest day since records began, with an average temperature of 26 degrees below zero.
Canceled flights
Flight delays and cancellations are piling up at American airports. Structures affected include Miami International Airport (MIA) and Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood, the two most important in South Florida. Local media such as NBC Miami report long queues of cars and large concentrations of passengers at the two airports mentioned. As of Friday afternoon, MIA had 234 flights delayed and 41 canceled, while Fort Lauderdale north of Miami had 192 flights delayed and another 67 canceled.
This great storm, “once in a generation” as the NWS defines it these days, began to hit the country’s Midwest, but this Friday it’s strengthening and already spreading eastward, both north and south .
Transportation issues have also affected trains and bus companies like Greyhound, the largest of which has already warned that many routes in the Northeast or Midwest could be canceled or changed.
Without light
More than 1.4 million homes or offices were without power this Friday, according to records from the website PowerOutage.us 5,300 flights were canceled on Friday.
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