A car covered in snow after heavy snowfall in North Dakota on December 23, 2022. An arctic blast gripped much of the United States, causing power outages and car wrecks. Photo by Blake Rafferty/ via Reuters Related story:
Airlines canceled nearly 2,700 US flights as of Saturday afternoon after a massive winter storm snarled airport operations around the country, frustrating thousands of holiday travelers.
The flight disruptions came as an arctic blast gripped much of the United States on Saturday, causing power outages and car wrecks. Plummeting temperatures were predicted to bring the coldest Christmas Eve on record to several cities from Pennsylvania to Georgia. Winter storms have increased in frequency and intensity over the past 70 years, according to the US Global Change Research Program. This is in part due to climate change, according to the Environmental Defense Fund, because the planet evaporates more water into the atmosphere as it warms, leading to more overall precipitation.
United States Latest News, United States Headlines
Similar News:You can also read news stories similar to this one that we have collected from other news sources.
‘We united our strength’: Manila dresses up for ‘Turandot’Party fever and traffic gridlocks notwithstanding, the culturati and the glitterati flocked to the Cultural Center of the Philippines (CCP) for the gala of Puccini’s “Turandot.” After two ye…
Read more »
US deep freeze forecast to break Christmas Eve recordsAn arctic blast that has gripped much of the United States this week, disrupting daily life and holiday travel for millions of Americans, was expected to produce the coldest Christmas Eve on
Read more »
Extreme cold weather stretches US homeless shelters’ capacityCity officials and outreach workers across the US were rushing to get people off the streets this week, turning sites such as libraries into shelters to mitigate a humanitarian crisis caused by freezing weather and an influx of migrants. | Reuters
Read more »
Oil climbs on expected drop in Russian exports, offsets U.S. storm impactOil prices rose on Friday on expectations of lower Russian crude exports from the Baltic region in December, offsetting worries that a looming Arctic storm across the U.S. could snuff out transport fuel demand growth this holiday season. | Reuters
Read more »
US deep freeze forecast to break Christmas Eve recordsAn arctic blast that has gripped much of the United States this week, disrupting daily life and holiday travel for millions of Americans, was expected to produce the coldest Christmas Eve on record
Read more »