Millions hunker down as storm batters eastern US, Canada

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Major winter storm slams much of eastern US with snow, ice and high winds, causing widespread travel disruptions and power outages on a holiday weekend

More than 200,000 homes and businesses in North Carolina, South Carolina, and Georgia reported power outages.

More than 200,000 homes and businesses in North Carolina, South Carolina, and Georgia reported power outages, according to PowerOutage.US, a website tracking power outages. The storm made its way through the Mid-Atlantic region toward New England on Sunday night, bringing snow that is expected to change to ice, sleet and eventually rain, the National Weather Service said.In Canada, the storm is forecast to dump between 8-16 inches 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 percent 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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