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An arctic blast is battering the southern US as a brutal winter storm blows from the Ohio River Valley to the mid-Atlantic on Monday morning.
The storm has disrupted travel, bringing heavy snow, ice and wind to the eastern two-thirds of the U.S. At least three deaths tied to inclement weather were reported over the weekend in Missouri and Kansas.
Hundreds of flights have been canceled across airports in the Midwest and along the East Coast, and officials in several states are pleading with residents to keep off the roads unless there’s an emergency.
Hundreds of thousands of customers have been left in the dark in Virginia, Kentucky, Indiana, and other states, according to the tracker PowerOutage.US.
“For some, this could be the heaviest snowfall in over a decade,” the NOAA’s Weather Prediction Center said in a statement.
Meanwhile, frigid air is blowing into the southern US, bringing single-digit “feels like” temperatures to much of Texas and causing officials to issue a freeze watch in orange-growing Florida.
Many states, including Arkansas, Kentucky, Missouri and Virginia, issued states of emergency ahead of the storm. Washington, D.C. is also under a snow emergency alert as of Sunday afternoon.
Satellite imagery shows extent of major winter storm
Hundreds of flight cancelations are reported across the U.S.
Hundreds of flight cancelations and delays are reported at airports across the eastern US on Monday morning.
More than 230 cancelations were reported at D.C.’s Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport in Washington, D.C., according to tracker FlightAware.
And, Maryland’s Baltimore/Washington International Thurgood Marshall Airport.
Major winter storm forces more than 280,000 customers into the dark
More than 280,000 customers are in the dark on Monday as a major winter storm sweeps across the eastern US.
The majority of the outages were reported in Virginia, Kentucky, and Indiana, according to outage tracker PowerOutage.US.
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In pictures: Kansas hit with blizzard-like conditions
In pictures: Kentucky buried under winter storm
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Mapped: Snowfall predictions across US as winter storm batters several states
Video: See conditions around Lexington as the city is hit by a winter storm
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Source: independent.co.uk
