The death toll from the Arctic storm that hit the United States worsens.
According to US media reports, at least 48 have died, including 27 in the state of New York.
Four Canadian victims were added to the toll when a bus overturned after skidding on an icy road in the town of Merritt in the western province of British Columbia.
The most affected state is New York.
About 200,000 people were left without electricity on Christmas Day afternoon: a drop from 1.7 million in the previous hours.
The electricity companies of many states have
appealed to save energy
: in the cold weather, demand has in fact exploded and the risk is of not being able to satisfy it.
In Tennessee, short rolling blackouts have been decided to reduce consumption.
Thousands of canceled flights.
In New York, Gov. Kathy Hochul has deployed the National Guard to upstate near Buffalo, the epicenter of the winter storm, to help rescue hundreds of people stranded in their cars.
Defying the driving ban, many got behind the wheel only to get stuck in bad weather.
