In some places, more than 30 cm of snow fell.
bad weather : in particular, precipitation covered Washington, Maryland and Virginia.
Bad weather came to the southern and central Atlantic coast, writes USA Today.
According to forecasters, more than 30 centimeters of snow fell during January 2 in the capital Washington and neighboring states. Moreover, more than 25 centimeters in the states of Delaware and New Jersey. The wind reached a speed of 15 m/s.
The storm led to more than 850 thousand power outages. About 500 thousand houses were left without electricity. Due to snowfall, government agencies have stopped working. In particular, a regular briefing for journalists was canceled at the White House. Snow caused a collapse on the roads: hundreds of accidents occurred there, more than half a thousand cars got stuck in snowdrifts.
Bad weather caused the death of two children. In Tennessee, a tree fell on a seven-year-old girl. He could not stand the heavy wet snow. In Georgia, a tree fell on a house. A five-year-old boy died there. In addition, three people died in a car accident in Maryland.
Recall that in the US state of Colorado, during large-scale forest fires , almost a thousand residential buildings and other structures burned down in the suburbs between Denver and Boulder, and two people are missing. In addition, temperatures dropped and snow fell in the affected region.
