{"id":40878,"date":"2026-01-26T08:52:31","date_gmt":"2026-01-26T03:07:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/nepalsamaj.com\/en\/?p=40878"},"modified":"2026-01-26T08:52:31","modified_gmt":"2026-01-26T03:07:31","slug":"hundreds-of-thousands-without-power-as-winter-storm-hits-us","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nepalsamaj.com\/en\/hundreds-of-thousands-without-power-as-winter-storm-hits-us\/","title":{"rendered":"Hundreds of thousands without power as winter storm hits US"},"content":{"rendered":"
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BBC:<\/strong> Hundreds of thousands of households in the US have no power as a major storm rolls across the country, which is also leading to flight cancellations and road closures.<\/p>\n

Snow, ice and freezing rain are creating “life threatening” conditions stretching from Texas to New England that could last for several days, according to the National Weather Service (NWS).<\/p>\n

At least two people died of hypothermia in Louisiana, with state health officials linking their deaths to the storm, and another death was reported in Texas.<\/p>\n

As of Sunday afternoon, more than 1 million households had lost power, according to poweroutage.us. Meanwhile, more than 10,000 flights were cancelled, FlightAware reported.<\/p>\n

Around 180 million Americans – more than half the population – are set to be affected by widespread heavy snow, sleet and freezing rain, which is a dangerous phenomenon where cooled rain droplets freeze instantly on surfaces.<\/p>\n

“The snow and the ice will be very, very slow to melt and won’t be going away anytime soon, and that’s going to hinder any recovery efforts,” Allison Santorelli, a meteorologist with the National Weather Service, told the BBC’s US media partner CBS News.<\/p>\n

Kentucky Governor Andy Beshear said on Sunday that the state was seeing more ice and less snow than was originally predicted.<\/p>\n

“That is not good news for Kentucky,” he said.<\/p>\n

Weather experts have warned that one of the biggest dangers of the storm is ice, which has the potential to damage trees, down power lines and make roads unsafe.<\/p>\n

More than 200 car crashes were reported in the state of Virginia as the storm moved into the state, according to local media.<\/p>\n

Louisiana’s Department of Health confirmed on Sunday that the two men who died of hypothermia were in Caddo Parish, a region which contains the city of Shreveport.<\/p>\n

The mayor of Austin, Texas, Kirk Watson, posted on social media on Sunday that “we have experienced the first fatality related to this winter storm. This fatality is exposure-related”.<\/p>\n

New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani wrote in a post on X that at least five people in the city had died on Saturday but added their cause of death was yet to be determined. He said, however, “It is a reminder that every year New Yorkers succumb to the cold”.<\/p>\n

New York state Governor Kathy Hochul warned residents to stay inside and off roads.<\/p>\n

“This is certainly the coldest weather we’ve seen, the coldest winter storm we’ve seen in years,” she said on Sunday.<\/p>\n

“A sort of an arctic siege has taken over our state and many other states across the nation.”<\/p>\n

Hochul said the “brutal” conditions were expected to bring the longest cold stretch and highest snow falls in years.\u00a0“It is bone chilling and it is dangerous,” she said.<\/p>\n

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