More than 60% of US faces winter weather warnings, with temperatures drastically below normal in many places
A wild winter storm continued to envelop much of the US on Saturday, bringing blinding blizzards, freezing rain, flooding and intense cold close to record lows in some areas. More than a dozen deaths were attributed to the storm, if not confirmed, and holiday travel and utility services stood disrupted for millions.
The storm was nearly unprecedented in scope, stretching 2,000 miles from the Great Lakes near Canada to the Rio Grande along the border with Mexico. About 60% of the US population faced winter weather advisories or warnings, and temperatures plummeted drastically below normal from east of the Rockies to the Appalachians, the National Weather Service said.
Millions of Americans traveling ahead of Christmas were affected, with 7,423 flights delayed and 3,426 cancelled within, into or out of the US, according to the tracking site FlightAware. In South Dakota, the governor, Kristi Noem, announced an expansion of a state national guard mission to assist the Oglala Sioux and Rosebud Sioux tribes with firewood and to clear snow blown into drifts as high as 12ft.
“We’re just trying to look on the bright side that they’re still coming and they didn’t forget us,” she said.
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