Winter storms have claimed dozens of lives.
An exceptionally strong, cold and extensive winter storm has caused chaos in traffic when Americans have gone to travel for Christmas.
Many highways in the United States and Canada were closed due to the large chain crashes. of the FlightAware website (you are moving to another service) according to the United States, almost 1,500 flights have been canceled today, Saturday, and 6,000 yesterday, Friday.
More than 200 million people in the US and Canada have been warned about winter weather. Meteorologists say the winter storm could bring the coldest Christmas in decades to the United States.
An estimated million to one and a half million people in the United States are also without electricity because of the noise. Hundreds of thousands of households are without electricity in at least four states.
In Canada, at least 410,000 people have electricity.
Traffic fatalities
Most of the fatalities at the beginning of the Christmas holidays have been killed in traffic on icy roads. There are more people in traffic than normal due to Christmas tourism.
The delivery of the post office and transport companies is hampered. Dozens of post offices have had to be closed due to the snow.
Temperatures in the Midwest on Saturday morning were between 20 and 30 degrees below zero.
In southern Atlanta and Tallahassee, Florida, record cold weather is expected. The coasts are flooded in places.
AFP, Reuters