As stated on the NBC website, the deaths occurred in Oklahoma, Kentucky, Missouri, Tennessee, Wisconsin, Kansas, Nebraska, Ohio, New York, Colorado and Michigan.
It is, according to the National Meteorological Service, “a near-unprecedented storm affecting 60% of the U.S. population that stretched from the Great Lakes of Canada to the border with Mexico.” Many people are blocked due to snow depth and there are hundreds of thousands of homes and businesses without electricity.
Electricity supplier: “Save energy” – The electricity companies in many countries have called for energy saving: demand has actually exploded with the cold and there is a risk of not being able to meet it. In Tennessee, short-term power outages were decided to reduce consumption.