MADRID 7 Ene. (EUROPA PRESS) –
At least four people have died due to incidents linked to the cold, snow and wind storm that has hit areas of the south and east of the United States, within the framework of a storm that has put more than 60 million people around the world on alert. the North American country.
The list of victims includes a Missouri public employee who lost his life while removing snow, two people who died in a traffic accident in Kansas and a man whose body was found dead on Sunday after succumbing to the cold in Houston, Texas. according to the balance collected by NBC News.
The storm, with temperatures that in some cases have reached ten degrees below zero, has left hundreds of thousands of people without electricity supply – more than 300,000 customers did not have electricity on Monday – and has also complicated transportation, with road and railway closures.
On Monday, nearly 2,000 flights were canceled due to a storm that has also forced the closure of offices in the capital, Washington, the scene precisely of the symbolic ratification of the results of the November 2024 elections and, therefore, of the triumph of the Republican magnate Donald Trump.