Original Title: Blizzard sweeps across the United States: 750,000 people suffered power outages and nearly 3,000 flights were cancelled
China News Service, January 4th, according to the US Chinese website, on the 3rd local time, a winter storm swept across the Atlantic coast from the central part of the United States, and 750,000 people suffered power outages.
According to reports, starting on the night of the 2nd, the blizzard swept across the central and southern parts of the Atlantic coast and moved all the way north, bringing 6 inches to 12 inches of snowfall in many parts of the United States.
According to statistics, as of about 3 pm Eastern time on the 3rd, 757,000 people suffered power outages in Maryland, Virginia, Georgia, Tennessee, and North and South Carolina. Among them, power outage users in Virginia reached 444,600. More than 110,000 households in North Carolina had power outages.
In addition, severe weather has also affected flight operations along with the epidemic. According to FlightAware statistics, as of about 4 pm Eastern time on the 3rd, the United States had cancelled more than 2,900 domestic and inbound and outbound flights, and another 4,600 flights were delayed.
According to reports, that day, the snowstorm also caused many federal government departments in the Washington area to close, and museums under the Smithsonian Institution were also closed.
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