US storm News

US winter storm: A total of 1,897 flights within, into or out of the United States were canceled, while 750 flights were delayed.

At least 60 people died due to the snow storm in America. There is a possibility of increasing the number of dead due to people getting trapped in snowfall in many places.

At least 34 people died due to the snow storm in America. There is a possibility of increasing the number of dead due to people getting trapped in snowfall in many places.

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60% of the US population experienced winter weather advisories or warnings due to a severe winter storm The storm was described by forecasters as being "nearly unprecedented in its scope"

There were at least 50 tornado reports during the outbreak this weekend. Tornadoes were reported in Arkansas, Illinois, Kentucky, Mississippi, Missouri and Tennessee. More than 50,000 residents across the state of Kentucky remain without power following Friday night`s storm.

The death toll of 36 across five states includes six people in Illinois, where an Amazon facility was hit; four in Tennessee; two in Arkansas, where a nursing home was destroyed; and two in Missouri.

The National Hurricane Center, which hours earlier said Barry had become the first Atlantic hurricane of 2019, said the storm slowed as it came ashore near Intracoastal City, Louisiana, with maximum sustained winds of 70 miles per hour (115 kph).

More than 30 tornadoes struck on Monday and Tuesday from Texas, Oklahoma and across the southern plains into Missouri, said meteorologists with the National Weather Service. 

The Weather Service has issued winter storm warnings or advisories for a swath of the eastern US that is home to 100 million people, said meteorologist Rich Otto of the U.S. Weather Prediction Center. 

A total of 1,624 flights were canceled in and out of US airports.

The FlightAware.com flight tracking website reported 1,431 flight cancellations on Friday and 12,465 delays, with problems at snow-hit airports like Denver causing knock-on effects around the country.

Deeper flooding loomed in the hours and days ahead from rivers in the Carolinas swollen by Tropical Depression Florence, which has killed 23 people.

The Republican president said Democrats had inflated the number of dead in Puerto Rico "in order to make me look as bad as possible" but he did not provide evidence. 

The official death toll on Puerto Rico from Hurricane Maria, the most powerful storm to strike the Caribbean island in almost a century, was raised on Tuesday from just 64 to nearly 3,000, based on a study ordered by the governor of the US territory.

The US East`s fourth major snowstorm this month swept through the region with heavy snow and high winds on Thursday.

Over 1,900 flights were left grounded at the Kennedy, Newark and LaGuardia Airports.

At least five people have been killed and over 90,000 households left without electricity as the powerful storm continued to pound the US East Coast on Saturday with drenching rain.

The eastern United States emerged wearily from a massive blizzard that dumped huge amounts of snow and killed at least 25 people, but Washington was still reeling, with government offices and schools to remain closed today.

The storm -- dubbed Snowzilla -- clobbered a large swath of the eastern US, dumping near-record amounts of snow on Washington, New York and other major cities.