{"id":265226,"date":"2026-01-26T06:53:09","date_gmt":"2026-01-26T10:53:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/?p=265226"},"modified":"2026-01-26T06:53:11","modified_gmt":"2026-01-26T10:53:11","slug":"historic-winter-storm-kills-several-causes-mass-travel-disruption-across-us","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/historic-winter-storm-kills-several-causes-mass-travel-disruption-across-us\/","title":{"rendered":"Historic winter storm kills several, causes mass travel disruption across US"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"antig-440812458\" class=\"antig-ecab antig-entity-placement\"><a href=\"https:\/\/discoverflow.co\/web\/antigua\" aria-label=\"ANU CVP Digital Broadband 1200x400_1\"><img src=\"https:\/\/mlavawteztbj.i.optimole.com\/w:1201\/h:401\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/ANU-CVP-Digital-Broadband-1200x400_1-1.jpg\" alt=\"\"  srcset=\"https:\/\/mlavawteztbj.i.optimole.com\/w:1201\/h:401\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/ANU-CVP-Digital-Broadband-1200x400_1-1.jpg 1201w, https:\/\/mlavawteztbj.i.optimole.com\/w:300\/h:100\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/ANU-CVP-Digital-Broadband-1200x400_1-1.jpg 300w, https:\/\/mlavawteztbj.i.optimole.com\/w:1024\/h:342\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/ANU-CVP-Digital-Broadband-1200x400_1-1.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/mlavawteztbj.i.optimole.com\/w:768\/h:256\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/ANU-CVP-Digital-Broadband-1200x400_1-1.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 696px) 100vw, 696px\" width=\"1201\" height=\"401\"   \/><\/a><\/div><div id=\"antig-3276552255\" class=\"antig-before-content antig-entity-placement\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/medicalbenefitsscheme\" 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sizes=\"(max-width: 696px) 100vw, 696px\" width=\"1200\" height=\"400\"   \/><\/a><\/div>\n<p><strong>FRANCE 24- <\/strong>A monster storm\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.france24.com\/en\/americas\/20260125-arctic-siege-us-winter-storm-brings-frigid-temperatures-cuts-power\">barreling across swaths of the United States<\/a>\u00a0has killed at least 10 people and prompted warnings to stay off the roads, mass flight cancellations and power outages, as freezing conditions persisted into Monday.<\/p><div id=\"antig-3393786858\" class=\"antig-content_5 antig-entity-placement\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/ablpag\" aria-label=\"Full-ABLP-Team-Digital-Billboard-1920x1080px\"><img src=\"https:\/\/mlavawteztbj.i.optimole.com\/w:1920\/h:1080\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/Full-ABLP-Team-Digital-Billboard-1920x1080px.jpg\" alt=\"\"  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width=\"1920\" height=\"1080\"   \/><\/a><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>As the storm dumped&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.france24.com\/en\/tag\/snow\/\">snow<\/a>, sleet and freezing rain across the wide expanse, officials cautioned that an&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.france24.com\/en\/tag\/arctic\/\">Arctic<\/a>&nbsp;air mass behind the system would see temperatures fall dangerously low for days, prolonging disruptions to daily life.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The US National Weather Service (NWS) told Americans to expect more of the same weather conditions into Monday morning.<\/p><div id=\"antig-1702217450\" class=\"antig-content_4 antig-entity-placement\"><a href=\"https:\/\/discoverflow.co\/web\/antigua\" aria-label=\"ANU CVP Digital Broadband 1200x400_1\"><img src=\"https:\/\/mlavawteztbj.i.optimole.com\/w:1201\/h:401\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/ANU-CVP-Digital-Broadband-1200x400_1-1.jpg\" alt=\"\"  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https:\/\/mlavawteztbj.i.optimole.com\/w:768\/h:432\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/Full-ABLP-Team-Digital-Billboard-1920x1080px.jpg 768w, https:\/\/mlavawteztbj.i.optimole.com\/w:1536\/h:864\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/Full-ABLP-Team-Digital-Billboard-1920x1080px.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 696px) 100vw, 696px\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1080\"   \/><\/a><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.france24.com\/en\/tag\/new-york\/\">New York<\/a>\u00a0Mayor\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.france24.com\/en\/tag\/zohran-mamdani\/\">Zohran Mamdani<\/a>\u00a0said five people were found dead outside over the weekend in freezing temperatures. While he did not confirm the deaths were weather-related, he told reporters &#8220;there is no more powerful reminder of the danger of extreme cold&#8221;.In&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.france24.com\/en\/tag\/texas\/\">Texas<\/a>, authorities confirmed three deaths, including a 16-year-old girl killed in a sledding accident.<\/p><div id=\"antig-945271559\" class=\"antig-content antig-entity-placement\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/ReggaeInTheParkAntigua\" aria-label=\"lucanio\"><img src=\"https:\/\/mlavawteztbj.i.optimole.com\/w:864\/h:1080\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/lucanio.jpeg\" alt=\"\"  srcset=\"https:\/\/mlavawteztbj.i.optimole.com\/w:864\/h:1080\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/lucanio.jpeg 1080w, https:\/\/mlavawteztbj.i.optimole.com\/w:240\/h:300\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/lucanio.jpeg 240w, https:\/\/mlavawteztbj.i.optimole.com\/w:819\/h:1024\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/lucanio.jpeg 819w, https:\/\/mlavawteztbj.i.optimole.com\/w:768\/h:960\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/lucanio.jpeg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 696px) 100vw, 696px\" width=\"1080\" height=\"1350\"   \/><\/a><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Two people died in Louisiana from hypothermia, the southern state&#8217;s health department said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/s.france24.com\/media\/display\/5392d018-fa80-11f0-acf4-005056bfb2b6\/w:980\/6733f8357d356935af4fce65f84f1d8d56f83d1b.jpg\" alt=\"Some early flights in New York were able to depart, but nearly all flights have been canceled later in the day\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Some early flights in New York were able to depart, but nearly all flights were canceled later in the day.&nbsp;\u00a9 Charly Triballeau, AFP<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>The PowerOutage.com tracking site showed more than 840,000 customers without&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.france24.com\/en\/tag\/electricity\/\">electricity<\/a>&nbsp;as of Sunday night, mostly in the US South where the storm intensified Saturday.<\/p><div id=\"antig-1479728995\" class=\"antig-content_2 antig-entity-placement\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.courts.com\/antigua\/\" aria-label=\"500X500 (1)\"><img src=\"https:\/\/mlavawteztbj.i.optimole.com\/w:500\/h:500\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/500X500-1.jpg\" alt=\"\"  srcset=\"https:\/\/mlavawteztbj.i.optimole.com\/w:500\/h:500\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/500X500-1.jpg 500w, https:\/\/mlavawteztbj.i.optimole.com\/w:300\/h:300\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/500X500-1.jpg 300w, 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srcset=\"https:\/\/mlavawteztbj.i.optimole.com\/w:1201\/h:401\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/ANU-CVP-Digital-Broadband-1200x400_1-1.jpg 1201w, https:\/\/mlavawteztbj.i.optimole.com\/w:300\/h:100\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/ANU-CVP-Digital-Broadband-1200x400_1-1.jpg 300w, https:\/\/mlavawteztbj.i.optimole.com\/w:1024\/h:342\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/ANU-CVP-Digital-Broadband-1200x400_1-1.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/mlavawteztbj.i.optimole.com\/w:768\/h:256\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/ANU-CVP-Digital-Broadband-1200x400_1-1.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 696px) 100vw, 696px\" width=\"1201\" height=\"401\"   \/><\/a><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;Stay off the roads unless absolutely necessary,&#8221; Texas&#8217;s Emergency Management Division posted on X.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The storm was moving Sunday into the northeast, dumping snow and sleet on heavily populated cities including Philadelphia, New York and Boston.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>At least 20 states and the US capital Washington have declared states of emergency.Residents in the capital Washington awoke to a blanket of several inches of snow on sidewalks and roads, followed by heavy sleet.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Federal offices have been preemptively closed for Monday.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Several major airports in Washington, Philadelphia and New York had nearly all flights cancelled for the day.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/s.france24.com\/media\/display\/531e9810-fa80-11f0-b8c6-005056bfb2b6\/w:980\/82afcbe668c0978675410cddd96ba2d0583602df.jpg\" alt=\"New York City was forecast to receive up to 12 inches (30 cm) of snow in a massive storm stretching across more than half the United States\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">New York City was forecast to receive up to 30 cm of snow in a massive storm stretching across more than half the United States.&nbsp;\u00a9 Charly Triballeau, AFP<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Tracking site Flightaware.com showed more than 19,000 flights into and out of the country had been scrapped since Saturday.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>President&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.france24.com\/en\/tag\/donald-trump\/\">Donald Trump<\/a>, who was riding out the storm at the&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.france24.com\/en\/tag\/white-house\/\">White House<\/a>, said on his Truth Social platform Saturday: &#8220;We will continue to monitor, and stay in touch with all States in the path of this storm. 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