A battering winter storm left nearly 2 million homes and businesses without power across the United States on Saturday, as millions more people were left to worry how the prospect of further outages would effect holiday and travel plans.
The blinding blizzards, freezing rain and frigid cold that enveloped much of the country knocked out power to an estimated 1.7 million households and businesses, while major electricity grid operator warned the 65 million people it serves across the eastern U.S. that rolling blackouts might be required.Across the country, officials have attributed at least 10 deaths of exposure, storm damage and car crashes on icy and snow covered roads.
Across the country, the storm forced the closure of highways and crashes, exposure and storm damage have killed at least 10 people, officials said. Adding to the woes were power outages that by early Saturday were still affecting more than 1.7 million homes and businesses, according to the website PowerOutage, which tracks utility reports.
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