Much of the eastern United States remains frozen after winter storm Elliot

Temperatures remain frigid Monday across much of eastern USA after the passage of winter storm Elliot, which has left at least 48 dead on the coldest Christmas in decades.

“Much of the eastern United States will remain frozen Monday and begin a moderating trend Tuesday,” reported in a statement on National Weather Service (NWS).

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The body warned that in some areas it is still “dangerous” to travel by road due to snowbut he forecast conditions to improve within a couple of days.

The electrical system continues to be restored after the impact of snow and hurricane winds. Some 100,000 users are still in the dark, mainly in the states of Maine and New York, according to the tracking of the Power Outage portal.

A lone pedestrian in snowshoes crosses Colonial Circle near St. John’s Grace Episcopal Church in Buffalo, N.Y., on Saturday, Dec. 24, 2022. (Derek Gee/The Buffalo News via AP)

During the passage of elliotta storm caused by a arctic air frontnearly 1.7 million users lost power, between homes and businesses.

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The range of the storm has been almost unprecedented, stretching from the Great Lakes near Canada to the Rio Grande (Rio Grande) along the border with Mexico.

More than 200 million Americans, about 60% of the population, have faced some form of winter weather advisory or advisory.and temperatures dropped dramatically below normal from the Rocky Mountains east to the Appalachians.

Some 48 people have died from the cold, trapped in their vehicles or in road accidents due to frostaccording to local media.

The city of Buffalo, in the state of New York and on the border with Canada, has experienced the worst winter on record, with at least 16 deaths.. The bodies were found in houses, vehicles and on the street.

In this drone image, snow blankets a neighborhood in Cheektowaga, New York, United States, on Sunday, Dec. 25, 2022. (John Waller via AP)

The city has been completely covered in snow and its airport remains closed.

There have also been deaths from accidents or from the cold in Kansas, Missouri, Vermont, Colorado, Ohio and Wisconsin, according to the local press.

Elliot caused thousands of flight delays and the cancellation of nearly 20% of flights on Christmas Eve and Christmas Evewhen thousands of people tried to reunite with their families.

In several cities on the east coast and even in Floridathe thermometers marked minimums that had not been seen since Christmas 1983.

New York City experienced a minimum temperature of 10.5 °C below zero on Christmas Day, something not seen since 1872. Washington, the US capital, was 10 °C below zero, the coldest Christmas since 1983, and the thermometers in Tampa, Florida, dropped below zero degrees, something that had not happened since 1966.

Source: Elcomercio