Monster winter storm brings rain, snow, cold across US; snarls Christmas travel
Across the US, officials have so far attributed more than a dozen deaths to exposure, icy car crashes and other effects of the winter storm.
Zee Media Bureau
| Dec 25, 2022, 08:30 AM IST
A battering winter storm knocked out power to 1.7 million homes and businesses across the US on Saturday (December 24, 2022) and left millions more to worry about the prospect of further outages. Across the US, officials have so far attributed more than a dozen deaths to exposure, icy car crashes and other effects of the storm, including two people who died in their homes outside Buffalo, New York, when emergency crews couldn't reach them amid historic blizzard conditions.
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