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Winter storm in Washington leads to 5 deaths, traffic stops and power outages

A powerful winter storm with heavy snowfall passed through the South and Mid Atlantic on January 3, causing a collapse in roads, the death of 5 people, and massive power outages. Most of the federal offices in Washington have been shut down. USAToday.

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According to AccuWeather, the snowfall brought 15-30 cm of snow and even more locally. Such a large amount of snow fell in parts of eastern Virginia to the east coast of Maryland, most of Delaware and southern New Jersey.

As of the afternoon of January 3, there were multiple reports of at least 25 inches of snow in Virginia, Maryland, New Jersey and North Carolina, and in Glendy, Virginia, about 80 miles southwest of Washington, D.C. Colombia - 35 cm.

The National Weather Service announced a winter storm in the area before 16:00 pm on January 3. Wind gusts of up to 55 km per hour were predicted and travel was expected to be very difficult due to hazardous conditions. The Weather Prediction Center reported that some areas may experience 5cm of snow per hour, and the storm has been reported in at least five states.

Five deaths have been reported due to bad weather. A 7-year-old girl died after a heavy snowfall caused a tree to fall on a house in Townsend, Tennessee, about 50 km southeast of Knoxville.

The second child, a 5-year-old boy from Georgia, died when a gust of high winds caused a tree to fall on a house near Atlanta in DeKalb County.

Three more people were killed in an SUV and snowplow collision in Montgomery County, Maryland.

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The storm resulted in hundreds of car accidents and vehicle jamming: Virginia State Police reported 559 road accidents and 522 disabled or stranded vehicles across the state by 12:30 pm. By 16.00 pm, the police had released more than 2000 vehicles to help the victims.

According to the report, hundreds of drivers were stuck on I-95 in northern Virginia for several hours on January 4 morning after a severe snowstorm hit the region, forcing some people to turn off their engines or even abandon their cars in search of shelter. FoxNews.

Some drivers stay in their cars for more than 15 hours.

"Some callers were crying and scared," said Dave Dildine, who was distributing real-time information about road conditions.

“It's psychologically very unpleasant to stand motionless on the highway for hours, not knowing how long it will last,” he says.

Reports indicated that as of 5 a.m. on 4 January, lanes south of interstate 136 remained inactive.

"I've never seen anything like this," said Emily Clementson, a truck driver.

The Virginia Department of Transportation tweeted stranded drivers late on the evening of January 3 and assured them that work was underway to reactivate traffic.

“We wish we had a schedule, ETA, or educated guess on when I-95 will reopen,” the tweet said.

“The large number of incidents on the road is frustrating and frightening. Please be aware that our teams are working non-stop. The brigades will work around the clock, seven days a week, until ALL state roads become safe to travel, ”reads the tweet.

In Washington, the U.S. Human Resources Administration announced that federal offices would be closed on January 3. Several school districts in the region have announced that they will be closed, classes are rescheduled, or online instruction will be provided. Heavy snowfall, combined with restrictions imposed by a sharp increase in COVID-19 cases, forced the closure of much of the country's capital.

More than half of flights at Washington's three major airports were delayed or canceled on January 3 in the morning, FlightAware said. A quarter of flights at three major New York airports have also been delayed or canceled.

According to Weather.com, the storm caused gusty winds that contributed to power outages in parts of the southeast and mid-Atlantic. Nearly 850 homes and businesses in Virginia, Georgia, Tennessee and the Carolina had lost power by Monday afternoon, poweroutage.us reported, but power was slowly recovered over the course of the day, and about 000 were without power as of 500:000 pm.

Carla Rivas, who hails from Miami but lives in Baltimore, survived her first winter storm.

“I love it,” she said. “I feel like it’s great when I can see the seasons change.”

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Destructive winds and several tornadoes are major concerns in these harsh weather conditions.
The storm has covered the plains in the Midwest and Inland Northeast with snow over the past few days. According to the National Weather Service, gusty winds of up to 100 km per hour could hit the region from January 4.

In other parts of the country, the beginning of the new year was snowy.

Western Washington and Oregon saw a mixture of rain and snow, while heavy snowfall, gusty winds, drifts and accidents blocked mountain passes and some highways. The National Meteorological Service said there could be heavy rainfall and possible flooding along the coast in the Northwest on January 4 as there will be several series of heavy snowfalls throughout the region over the course of the week.

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