The winter storm, accompanied by heavy snowfall, hit the eastern United States and Canada. According to AFP, thousands of flights were canceled.
Yesterday afternoon, 120,000 households in the United States were left without electricity. In the evening, most of them had already been restored.
More than 1,700 domestic and international flights were canceled yesterday after more than 3,000 were canceled on Sunday.
The winter storm warning remains in effect in seven US states, from North Carolina in the south to Maine, in the most northeastern corner of the country. Meteorologists have predicted heavy snowfall in northern New York and in mountainous areas of the New England region.
Snowstorm warnings have been issued in most of the Canadian provinces of Quebec and Ontario. Many schools are closed.
Up to 60 centimeters of snow is forecast in Toronto. At the airport of Canada’s most populous city, 201 flights were canceled – more than half of the planned.
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