Large winter storm in the United States: at least seven dead and 800 thousand people without electricity

A dangerous winter storm has swept the United States, leaving at least seven dead and cutting power for hundreds of thousands of homes.

Schools and roads across the country have been closed and flights have been canceled, as life- threatening terms “extend from Texas to New England, according to the National Weather Service (NWS).

At least two people died from hypothermia in Louisiana, and other storm - related deaths were reported in Texas, Tennessee, and Kansas.

Since Sunday afternoon, more than 800,000 families had been without electricity, according to poweroutage.us, writes BBC, records Telegrafi.

Meanwhile, more than 11,000 flights were canceled, FlightAware reported.

The huge snow, hail, and the frozen <x0shio”, which is a dangerous phenomenon where freezing raindrops immediately freeze to the surface, can last for days, and the storm can affect some 180 million Americans more than half the population.

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“Bora and ice will melt very, very slowly and will not disappear soon, and this will hinder any recovery efforts”, said Allison Santorelli, a meteorologist at the National Weather Service, for CBS News.

The Louisiana Health Department confirmed on Sunday that two men had died of hypothermia.

Even the mayor of Austin, Texas, said there had been a “death in connection with exposure”.

While officials in Kansas said that a woman whose body was found on Sunday afternoon covered in snow, “may have died of hypothermia”.

The deaths of three people related to the weather have also been reported in Tennessee.

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Meanwhile, New York City Mayor Zoran Mamdani wrote in an X post that at least five people in town had died on Saturday, but added that the cause of their death has not yet been determined.

New York State Governor Kathy Hochul warned residents to stay in and out of the streets.

This is certainly the coldest weather we've seen, the coldest winter storm we've seen in the years”, she said on Sunday.

A kind of Arctic siege has invaded our country and many other states across the country”.

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Hochul said the “brutal conditions” were expected to bring the longest period of cold and highest snowfall in years.

The governor of Kentucky, Andy Beshear, stressed on Sunday that the state was watching more ice and less snow than originally anticipated.

Weather experts have warned that one of the biggest dangers of the storm is ice, which has the potential to damage trees, cut down power lines, and make roads uncertain.

Canadians have also been hit by heavy snow and hundreds of canceled flights. /Telegraph/