21 dead as storm rocks northeast US
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A NEW storm paralyzed the US Northeast with heavy snow and sleet, while hundreds of thousands across the ice-encrusted South waited in the cold for the electricity to come back on.
At least 21 deaths have been blamed on the bad weather, including that of a pregnant woman hit by a snowplow in a New York City parking lot as she loaded groceries into her car.
The sloppy mix of snow and face-stinging sleet grounded more than 6,500 flights on Thursday. Yesterday, the number of flight cancellations dropped to about 1,110 nationwide.
About 1.2 million homes and businesses lost power as the storm moved from the South through the Northeast. About 550,000 customers remained in the dark, mostly in South Carolina and Georgia.
Many schools remained closed in Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, New York state, Pennsylvania, Vermont and Virginia.
“Every time it snows, it’s like, ‘Oh, not again,’” said Randal DeIvernois of New Cumberland, Pennsylvania, which had about 25 centimeters of snow.
Washington DC residents received 23cm of snow, New York City nearly 25cm, and parts of New Jersey more than 28cm.
In New York, a woman died after she was hit by a utility vehicle with a snowplow. Her nearly full-term baby was delivered in critical condition via cesarean section.
Across the South, the storm left a world of ice-encrusted trees and drives, and snapped branches and power lines.
In Raleigh, North Carolina, National Guardsmen patrolled the roads, looking for stranded motorists.
This is shaping up as one of the snowiest winters ever. As of this month, Washington, Detroit, Boston, Chicago and New York had got two or three times as much snow as normal.
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