The storm is expected to continue moving north on Monday.
The winter storm, which affected southern US states over the weekend and moved across the Northeast over the past few hours, has left thousands of people without power and many canceled flights.
According to the forecast of the Nation’s Weather Service, the storm is expected to continue its advance north on Monday and leave heavy snow in areas of the northeastern United States, the Central Appalachians and the lower part of the Great Lakes ( Ontario, Huron and Erie).
The forecast indicates that the storm will move into southeastern Canada on Tuesday.
As it passes through the south and northeast of the US, the meteorological phenomenon has left thousands of people without electricity: according to data from the website poweroutage.us.
The most affected states this Monday are North Carolina, with 31,362 users without electricity; South Carolina, with 30,171; Georgia with 24,146; and West Virginia, with 24,089; and Pennsylvania, with 20,132.
In addition, a total of 1,314 flights have been canceled this Monday at different US airports and 538 that had a destination or departure in this country suffer delays, notes the website flightaware.com.
The most impacted airport is Charlotte, North Carolina, with 209 cancellations, followed by Reagan National, in Washington DC, with 79, and Newark Liberty, in New Jersey, with 59.
Likewise, the railway company Amtrak has canceled several trains today in the northeastern US, such as the one that connects the US capital with New York or the one that operates between Richmond (Virginia) with Boston. (I)
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