Power outages and school closures in the US Northeast after severe snowstorm

The northeastern United States continues to face the consequences of a severe snowstorm on Tuesday, which has been hitting the area for two days, with more than 330,000 homes still without electricity and numerous schools closed. AFP More than 60 centimeters of snow fell on a large part of the region between Sunday night and Monday night. The coastal areas south of Boston, in the states of Massachusetts and Rhode Island, were particularly affected, with more than 90 cm falling in some places, according to meteorological services. In this part of the New England region, non-essential vehicle travel continued to be prohibited and schools remained closed on Tuesday. In the morning, more than 250,000 homes were still without electricity in Massachusetts, another 35,000 in New Jersey and 24,000 in Delaware, according to the monitoring site PowerOutage.com. The previous day, the number of affected homes reached 650,000 at the peak of the storm, which was also characterized by wind gusts exceeding 100 km/h. About 2,000 flights were canceled and nearly 1,000 were delayed on Tuesday, mainly at Boston Logan Airport and in New York airports. More than 9,000 flights had already been canceled on Sunday and Monday. Public transport also remains disrupted, with some rail connections cut and others diverted, particularly in New Jersey and New York State. On Tuesday, for the first time in 153 years, the Boston Globe newspaper did not distribute its daily edition on Tuesday due to conditions that "made it impossible to print and deliver the newspaper," according to an article published on its website. From January 23 to 26, a storm with snow and freezing rain affected states from New Mexico (southwest) to Maine (northeast). The cold snap caused more than 100 deaths nationwide, including at least 18 in New York alone, mostly from hypothermia.