US Winter Storms Cause Nearly 100 Deaths as Snow and Ice Affect Multiple States, Reports US News
Dozens of people have now died in winter storms across the US following days of freezing conditions.
At least 95 deaths have been linked to the weather over the past week, with many killed by hypothermia or car crashes, according to US media.
Weather warnings in place on Monday cover areas where a total of 57 million people live, Sky’s US partner NBC News reported.
With snow and ice coating many regions, 27 people have died in Tennessee alone, with Arkansas, Illinois, Missouri, Oklahoma and Texas among the other states affected.
The victims include three people – among them a pregnant woman – who were fatally electrocuted after slipping on ice next to a power line that fell on a car in Portland, Oregon.
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In Lewisburg, Tennessee, a 25-year-old man was found dead on the floor of a mobile home after his electric heater overturned and switched off.
Bob Johnson, chief deputy for the Marshall County Sheriff’s Office, told reporters: “There was ice on the walls in there.”
A fishing boat in Maine after it was wrecked during a storm. Pic: Derek Davis/Portland Press Herald via AP
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