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Winter storm paralyzes US killing more than a dozen

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Winter storm paralyzes U.S., killing more than a dozen​

The U.S. workweek opened with yet more snow dumping on the Northeast under the tail end of a colossal winter storm that brought ice and power outages, impassable roads, canceled flights and frigid cold to much of the southern and eastern United States. Over a dozen weather-related deaths have been reported, PBS News reported.

Winter storm paralyzes U.S., killing more than a dozen

Deep snow — over a foot (30 centimeters) extending in a 1,300-mile (2,100-kilometer) swath from Arkansas to New England — halted traffic, canceled flights and triggered wide school cancellations Monday. Up to two feet (60 centimeters) were forecast in some of the harder-hit places.

There were more than 800,000 power outages in the nation on Monday morning, most of them in the South, according to poweroutage.com. The region got its share of sleet and freezing rain during the storm. There also were more than 4,400 flight delays and cancellations nationwide, according to flight tracker flightaware.com.

source: tehrantimes.com