A fearsome winter storm that pummeled the United States with blinding snow and powerful Arctic winds left over half a million customers without power Saturday as thousands of cancelled flights stranded travelers making last-minute dashes for Christmas.
At least 17 weather-related deaths have been confirmed across eight states as heavy snow, howling winds and dangerously frigid temperatures kept much of the nation, including the normally temperate south, in a frozen grip for a third straight day.
Her fiancee Ali Lawson is having back pain, but plans to tough it out at home because driving to the hospital is just too dangerous. New York City resident Zack Cuyler, whose flight home to Houston on December 22 has been postponed then cancelled twice this week already, was "pretty steamed" about the chaos.
The biting cold is an immediate concern for the nearly 530,000 electricity customers who were still without power as of 2200 GMT Saturday, according to tracker poweroutage.us.
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