Almost 4,000 flights were cancelled across the United States on Saturday as a monster winter storm threatened to paralyse the eastern states with heavy snowfall, sleet and freezing rain, while utilities from Texas to the Midwest faced power outages.
Forecasters warned that the storm would sweep across the eastern two-thirds of the country from Sunday into next week, bringing dangerously cold temperatures and widespread ice accumulation that could cause “crippling to locally catastrophic impacts”, according to the U.S. National Weather Service.
President Donald Trump declared the storms “historic” and approved federal emergency disaster declarations for 11 states, including South Carolina, Virginia, Tennessee, Georgia, North Carolina, Maryland and Indiana. Several other states and the District of Columbia have also declared weather emergencies.
Flight tracking website FlightAware reported more than 3,900 cancellations for Saturday and more than 8,800 flights already cancelled for Sunday. Major airlines warned passengers to expect abrupt changes and urged travellers to check flight status before leaving for airports.
Delta Airlines said it was making schedule adjustments due to “Winter Storm Fern,” adding additional cancellations for Atlanta and along the East Coast, including its hubs in Boston and New York City. The airline said it was redeploying staff from cold-weather hubs to support de-icing and baggage operations at several southern airports.
Grid operators also stepped up precautions to prevent rotating blackouts as the storm threatens demand spikes across large parts of the country. Dominion Energy, which supplies power to Virginia and operates major data centres, said it could face one of the largest winter events in its history if the ice forecast holds.
Forecasters said record cold temperatures and dangerous wind chills would move into the Great Plains by Monday, adding to the risk of power disruptions and travel chaos as the storm continues to intensify.
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Russia’s Defence Ministry said its forces had taken control of the village of Starytsya in Ukraine’s Kharkiv region on Saturday, near the border town of Vovchansk. Kyiv’s military did not confirm the claim, while Russian forces also reported strikes on drone and energy sites.
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