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The U.S. work week began with increasing snowfall in the Northeast at the tail end of a massive winter storm that brought icy conditions and power outages, impassable roads, canceled flights and freezing temperatures to much of the southern and eastern United States.
Deep snow — more than 1 foot (30 centimeters) extending over an area of 1,300 miles (2,100 kilometers) Arkansas Traffic was disrupted across New England on Monday, flights were canceled and triggered widespread school closures.
Up to two feet (60 centimeters) of rain were expected in some of the hardest-hit areas.
in Falmouth, MassachusettsAbout an hour south of Boston, the town was cordoned off as snow poured down.
Local pastor Nell Fields had to shovel out to get her dog out. Already 7 inches (18 centimeters) have fallen, and more is still falling.
“I feel like the universe just threw us a giant pause with all the snow,” Fields said.
On Manhattan’s Upper East Side, January Cotrel enjoyed fresh snow in a neighborhood that’s always closed during snowstorms for residents to sled, throw snowballs and build snowmen.
“Every time I get a snowstorm, I pray for two feet. I want as much as possible,” she said. “Let the city shut down for a day, it’s beautiful, and then we can come back to life.”
Meanwhile, after the storm, a bitter cold sets in. Sunday night, the entire lower 48 states are expected to experience their coldest average low temperature since January 2014 – 9.8 degrees (minus 12.3 degrees Celsius).
Ryan Maue, a former National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration chief scientist who calculated national averages based on National Weather Service data, said record warmth in Florida is the only thing keeping average temperatures from falling further.
From Montana to the Florida Panhandle, weather services issued cold weather advisories and extreme cold warnings as temperatures dropped to zero (-18 degrees Celsius) or even colder in many places. Winds are making it even colder, with overnight chills likely to re-freeze roads early Monday, setting up another brutal repeat of the weekend’s bad travel weather.
Even if the precipitation ends in mississippi“This does not mean the danger has passed,” the governor said. Tate Reeves said at a news conference on Sunday.
Freezing rain causing slick roads and downing trees and branches on roads and power lines is the main danger in the South over the weekend. Corinth, Mississippi Heavy Machinery Manufacturers caterpillar Employees at its remanufacturing plants were asked to stay home Monday and Tuesday.
Reeves said this was already Mississippi’s worst ice storm since 1994, with the largest deployment of ice-melting chemicals ever — 200,000 gallons (750,000 liters) — plus salt and sand to treat icy roads. He urged people not to drive anywhere unless absolutely necessary. “Please reach out to friends and family,” Reeves added.
About 213 million people were under some kind of winter weather warning Sunday morning, authorities said. Hundreds of thousands of customers were without power, with Tennessee and Mississippi being particularly hard hit, according to poweroutage.us.
About 12,000 flights were canceled on Sunday and nearly 20,000 were delayed, according to flight tracking website flightaware.com. Airports in Philadelphia, Washington, Baltimore, North Carolina, New York and New Jersey are bearing the brunt of the impact, which is expected to last through Monday.
New York City Mayor Zoran Mamdani said at least five people were found outside as temperatures plummeted on Saturday, but the cause of death was still under investigation. Two men in Caddo Parish, Louisiana, died from storm-related hypothermia, according to the state health department.
In Massachusetts, Pastor Fields held church services despite the storm and said in some ways the weather was a gift.
“I’m sorry that this is disruptive, but it gives us some silence and maybe we’re using this time to think about what’s really important, which is community and taking care of each other,” Fields said.
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Brumback reported from Atlanta. Walker reported from New York. Also reporting were Kristen Hall and Jonathan Mathis in Nashville, Tenn., Phillip Marcelo in New York, Ed White in Detroit, Jeff Martin in Kennesaw, Ga., Mead Grover in Fort Collins, Colo., Jessica Hill in Las Vegas and Seth Borenstein in Houston.
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