Weather tracker: Winter storms cause death and outages across eastern north America
Severe winter storms across eastern North America have caused at least 49 deaths in the past week, with millions under weather warnings and hundreds of thousands experiencing power outages, particularly in Tennessee, Mississippi, Louisiana, and Texas.
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Open questions and key claims
1,581 flights within, into or out of the US were cancelled.
6,883 flights were delayed as of 4pm US Eastern Time.
More than 40 million Americans were under winter storm warnings or weather advisories.
People should avoid unnecessary trips.
"This is a mean storm," calling it the biggest so far this season in terms of intensity and scope.
Emergency Declarations approved for South Carolina and Virginia due to winter storms.
Record Cold Wave expected to hit 40 States.
About 80,000 customers were without power nationwide.
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