Workers are trying to restore power to tens of thousands of households and clean up airports and roadways Monday morning from a deadly winter storm that battered the U.S. midwest and northeast over the weekend.
The storm dumped more than a foot (30.5 cm) of snow on the northern New York state and New England and close to a foot in Indiana and Illinois, the National Weather Service said Monday.
The storm will drive into Canada overnight, but strong winds could whip up snow squalls over some areas until late in the day, it said.
At least 150 school districts in Michigan, including Detroit, said classes would be canceled today because of the storm.
At least three deaths have been blamed on the storm, and hundreds of flights in the midwest and the northeast were canceled Sunday.
Many churches called off Sunday services because of the hazardous conditions.
Crews in Pennsylvania are expected to work through Tuesday to restore electricity to about 75,000 customers.
Sleet, snow and high winds knocked out power to nearly 8,000 customers in Vermont.
About 14,900 Missouri homes and businesses remained without power Sunday morning, and it could be the end of the week before power is restored statewide.
Slippery roads were blamed for two traffic deaths in Michigan and one in Wisconsin over the weekend.
Source: Xinhua
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