USA: Polar cold, millions of people without electricity and fears of being trapped in their cars in New York

For millions of Americans, this Christmas weekend was disrupted by an unprecedented winter blizzard, accompanied by extreme temperatures and led to power outages, transport chaos but also in the death of at least 13 people.

More than 1.7 million households were without power Saturday morning, particularly in North Carolina, Tennessee and Maine, according to the specialist website Poweroutage.us. All three States recorded temperatures below zero.

Winds, which in some places will reach 95 kilometers per hour, may also cause damage, such as trees falling on power lines.

Canada is also on alert. Hundreds of thousands of people are without power in Ontario and Quebec, while flight cancellations and delays are reported at airports in Vancouver, Toronto and Montreal.

Source: News Beast

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