Winter storm knocks out power to hundreds of thousands in US, leaves 4 dead

There were more than 600,000 homes and businesses without power across more than a dozen states Wednesday morning, including nearly 145,000 in New York and more than 105,000 in Pennsylvania, according to poweroutage.us.  New York Gov. Kathy Hochul said she was concerned about residents not having power Tuesday night amid freezing temperatures.

At least four deaths were reported in Alabama, Georgia and North Carolina as storms walloped the states with fierce winds and rain.

Snow, rain and wind will push out of the Northeast by Wednesday afternoon, but is still hammering Maine and parts of northern New England. The storm’s winds are combining with high tide to push water onto coasts during the morning.

More than 1,350 flights were canceled and more than 8,700 flights were delayed on Tuesday, according to data from FlightAware. Some of those are due to the grounding of the Boeing 737 Max 9, but thunderstorms caused significant disruptions in Atlanta, Dallas-Fort Worth, Florida and North Carolina airports.

Credit: cnn.com

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