More than 1.5 million people were without power, holiday travel was scrambled and thousands were ordered to stay home as the storm pummeled most of the nation.
which forms when cold, dry air from the north slams into warm, moist air from the tropics. The danger zone extended from Canada to Mexico, and from Washington state to Florida.The potent storm did not respect international borders: In Canada, as in the United States, whiteout conditions and fierce winds spurred flight cancellations, shut down major highways and left hundreds of thousands without power.
Chey Eisenman, who runs a car service in Minneapolis, said drivers were struggling on the slick pavement. A massive winter storm system moving through the U.S. on Dec. 23 brought high winds and heavy snow to the Buffalo region. In Colorado, ice and snow coated roads. Airlines canceled 647 flights out of Denver International Airport in 24 hours. The Coliseum, home of the National Western Stock Show every January, became a warming center for hundreds of people who lacked shelter.In Michigan, the wind was blowing too hard Friday for anyone to fix the power cuts that affected thousands, utility officials said, but hundreds of field workers were prepared to keep at the problem through Christmas Day.
“I was not expecting that workout,” she said. She’d wanted to stock up on essentials before the winter weather grew too daunting. Eating his mother’s cooking on Christmas with the television set to a Hallmark movie was the goal. If he had to stay in New York, though, maybe he’d bundle up and take himself out to dinner. At least his school was able to throw a classroom holiday party for the kids — complete with karaoke renditions of “Feliz Navidad.”“But it’s going to do down to 13 later,” one of his students chimed in.Over on Long Island, floods propelled by storm winds ravaged neighborhoods on the south shore.
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