Just this past weekend, a snowstorm hit the eastern United States again.
CNN said the winter weather alert extended from Georgia to Maine, covering as many as 80 million people. The BBC said Virginia, Georgia, North Carolina and South Carolina all declared states of emergency. The National Weather Service (NWS) says it expects snowfall in some areas to exceed 1 foot (30 centimeters).
On the 16th, a snowplow driver cleared snow on the main road in Greenville, South Carolina (Source: Foreign media)
According to the Guardian, according to the official website of the PowerOutage.US, which records power outages in various places in the United States, the snowstorm caused more than 260,000 American households to lose power. North Carolina was hit the hardest, with about 90,000 homes without power. In addition, there have been power outages in Georgia, South Carolina and Florida.
Agence France-Presse said the blizzard caused severe disruptions to local traffic and thousands of flights were cancelled. FlightAware website data, which tracks the real-time dynamics of flights, as of the evening of the 16th local time, about 3,000 flights were cancelled and another 4,200 flights were delayed. In addition, part of North Carolina's interstate highways are closed. The Associated Press also said the Highway Patrol reported hundreds of traffic accidents.
On January 16, 2022, local time, Virginia, USA, ushered in heavy snowfall. Photo/Visual China
On the 3rd of this month, many states in the eastern United States were also hit by a blizzard, causing casualties, a large number of flights were delayed or cancelled, and hundreds of thousands of users lost power.
Source: Global Times
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