At least four people have been killed as a massive storm barrelled along the US east cost, bringing power outages, flooding and flight delays. A woman died in floodwaters outside Charleston, South Carolina, and three men in north-eastern states were killed as the storm moved towards Canada.
Millions of East Coast residents were on flood watch and more than 600,000 were without power on Tuesday morning.
Lingering into Tuesday, the storm was expected to snarl up holiday travel.
The weather brought widespread heavy rain that led to river flooding and flash flooding, the US National Weather Service (NWS) said. Some areas were “experiencing road washouts”. Wind gusts reached nearly 70 mph (113km/h) along the southern New England shoreline.
The first storm-related death was confirmed in Mount Pleasant, South Carolina. Nancy Morrow, 72, was killed after she got stuck in a vehicle submerged in water, officials said. Officers jumped in the water to try to save her.
Credit: bbc.com
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