A massive snowstorm continues to wreak havoc across the United States, leaving more than 20 dead and thousands without power on Christmas Eve. On Saturday (24) alone, more than 3,000 flights were cancelled.

There is still no official death toll., and the figures published by the local press differ. CNN, for example, speaks of 26 deaths; USA Today, 24; to NBC News, “at least 28”.

What we know so far

• The snowstorm has affected the USA since Wednesday (21)
• Some of the deaths were caused by road accidents, which have become dangerous and even impassable
• Others were caused by low temperatures; is the case of a man found dead by police in Memphis, Tennessee
• On Friday (23), more than 1.5 million homes were without electricity🇧🇷 on Christmas Eve (24), there were 530,000; On the morning of this Sunday (25), there were still nearly 173,000 inhabitants without electricity, according to the site Poweroutage.us
• Most homes without electricity are in the state of Maine, near the Canadian border. New York, Virginia, New Hampshire and Pennsylvania were also affected.
• More than 3,300 flights were canceled and another 7,500 suffered major delays on the 24th alone.
• The U.S. National Weather Service (NWS) has urged residents of worst-hit areas to stay indoors.

Blizzard doesn’t give up

Christmas Day will also be very snowy and extremely cold in the United States.

According to the NWS, the storm is expected to move south, bringing wind and snow to areas of the Great Plains – which cover states like South Dakota, Nebraska and Kansas, for example – and the Valley of the Mississippi River.

“A powerful storm is approaching the western United States this week”alert.

(With AFP and RFI)