At least 30 dead across the United States as the snowstorm caused massive power cuts

Cold temperatures also threatened millions of Americans Monday after a widespread winter storm that left at least 30 people dead as it affected power cuts and paralyzed transportation. A cold, life threatening Arctic air mass could delay the recovery, while municipalities from New Mexico to Maine tried [...]
A cold, threatening Arctic air mass for life could delay the recovery, while municipalities from New Mexico to Maine tried to do so after the storm, which threw a mixture of snow and thick wind along with freezing rain and hail.
Meteorologists warned that most of the country's northern half would see temperatures that are “consistently below zero until February 1st”.
As the sky began to clear “ “into parts of the country, undeniated snowfall in the northeast meant that parts of Connecticut saw over 22 inches (56 cm) snow, with more than 16 inches (40.6 cm) registered in Boston, Massachusetts.
The storm was linked to at least 30 deaths, according to a summary of state government and local media reports, with causes involving hypothermia, as well as traffic-related accidents and not only.
Electricity began to flare again across the south, but by Monday evening, over 550,000 customers were left without it, according to the Post Poweroutage.com.
Approximately 190 million people in the United States were under an alarm form for extreme cold, the National Weather Service (NWS) told AFP.
NWS Meteorologist Allison Santorelli told AFP that this recovery from the storm was particularly difficult because so many states were affected, which means that the northern states with more winter supplies were unable to share their resources with less prepared southern regions. /Telegraph/












