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Due to severe storms, 2,500 flights were suspended in the United States
A winter storm would be in the eastern United States, so the authorities preferred to suspend various activities that would put the lives of many citizens at risk.
This Sunday, January 16, many American families hid as a method of protection, before the storm that hits the eastern United States with ice and snow. It has also caused blackouts, street disturbances and flight suspensions.
The National Weather Service (NES) reported a major winter storm will hit the eastern United States between Sunday and Monday.
Likewise, he reported that up to 30 centimeters of snow could fall in a space that goes from Tennessee and Georgia, in the southeast, to Vermont and the state of New York, in the northeast.
They also assured that the winds could reach hurricane speeds on the Atlantic coast.
Transportation has been severely disrupted. Many flights have been suspended and much of Interstate I95 in North Carolina has been closed.
Drivers have been warned of dangerous road conditions and major traffic jams from Arkansas in the south to Maine in the northeast.
The NWS added that cold air, currently present in the central and eastern United States, will consolidate with this dynamic system to form a thick layer of more than 30 centimeters of snow.
In the southeast of the country, Florida, normally with good weather, was hit by some cyclones and snowfall, caused by this storm that also brought material damage and flooding off the beaches on Sunday, according to the weather channel.
From the North and South Carolina territories to the Appalachian Mountains, ice and breezes clouded the situation.
