More than a million people lost power in various states. United States of America due to a strong winter storm hitting the country and leaving temperatures below freezing. According to the Poweroutage portal, most of the blackouts were concentrated in the Northeast region of the US, which includes states such as New York, Maine, New Hampshire or Connecticut, where more than 860,000 people have lost access to electricity.
Specifically, 534,000 people experienced power outages in the New England region, which includes states such as Maine (250,000), New Hampshire (100,000), Massachusetts (68,000), or Connecticut (50,000). Likewise, there are more than 330,000 in the Atlantic half of the country. In New York, 90,000 people suffered a power outage, Pennsylvania has 80,000, and Virginia or Maryland has more than 60,000 customers without electricity.
The U.S. National Weather Service (NWS) reported that an ongoing major winter storm will continue. heavy snowfall and strong wind will leave the dormitory By Saturday, it affects 200 million Americans.