Article 674QQ ‘Once in a generation’ freeze for Christmas as bomb cyclone hits US

‘Once in a generation’ freeze for Christmas as bomb cyclone hits US

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Jon Henley, Edward Helmore and Maya Yang
from US news | The Guardian on (#674QQ)

Power outages leave more than 1.4 million homes and businesses in the dark, while thousands of US flights were canceled

The winter storm that forecasters dubbed Elliott intensified into a bomb cyclone near the Great Lakes on Friday, bringing high winds and blizzard conditions from the Northern Plains to western and upstate New York, along with life-threatening flooding, flash-freezing and travel chaos as it went.

Airline cancellations topped 5,700 flights, with tens of thousands of holiday travellers grounded in airports with limited expectations of making further progress. Travel on the roads was disrupted due snowy weather or crashes and authorities in parts of Indiana, Michigan, New York and Ohio urged motorists to avoid nonessential travel.

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