Winter storm slams US East Coast, Canada; thousands of flights canceled

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Winter weather alerts stretch more than 1,000 miles from Alabama to Maine, with the governors of Georgia, Virginia, North Carolina, and South Carolina all declaring emergencies due to the storm.

WASHINGTON, DC, USA – A major winter storm slammed much of the eastern United States with snow, ice, and high winds on Sunday, January 16, causing widespread travel disruptions and power outages on a holiday weekend.

In North Carolina, where some regions saw record snowfalls, two people died Sunday when they lost control of their car in Raleigh. In Canada, the storm is forecast to dump between 20-40 centimeters of snow through Monday morning over parts of southern and eastern Ontario, the Canadian province that shares part of its border with New York state, the government weather agency, Environment Canada, said.

American Airlines Group Inc saw more than 660 flight cancellations. More than 90% of the flights into and out of Charlotte Douglas International Airport in North Carolina, an American Airlines hub, were canceled, the FlightAware website showed.

 

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