The eastern United States and Canada were still suffering a major winter storm on Monday, January 17, with heavy snowfall leading to the cancellation of thousands of flights, and placing certain Canadian provinces under the blow of a blizzard warning.
Many American households among the 120,000 who experienced a power outage Monday afternoon benefited again on Monday evening, according to the PowerOutage.us site.
More than 1,700 domestic and international flights were canceled Monday evening, in addition to 3,000 the day before, according to flight tracking site FlightAware.
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Large areas of the provinces of Quebec and Ontario in Canada have been placed on blizzard alert according to the Canadian government's weather information site.
In Toronto, up to 60 cm of snow is expected, tweeted Anthony Farnell, chief meteorologist for the Canadian television channel Global News.
Toronto Mayor John Tory has triggered an emergency rule allowing him to prevent cars from parking in certain areas while clearing snow, according to a statement posted on the city's website.
Many schools have closed in Quebec and southern Ontario, including the Toronto area.
The five vaccination clinics run by the city of nearly three million people also suspended operations for the day.
Heavy snowfall and frozen roads
In the American neighbour, "
the major winter storm that has plagued the eastern third of the country will slowly reduce today
," said the National Weather Service (NWS), national meteorological service, in a tweet Monday morning.
"
However, major effects from snow, ice, wind, and coastal flooding will persist across a wide area
," the NWS continued.
The winter storm warning remains in effect across seven states, from North Carolina in the southeast of the country to Maine in the far northeast.
In some cities, more than 50 cm of snow is expected.
Cole Burston/AFP
Heavy snowfall was still expected Monday in upstate New York, and high in the New England region (northeast), as well as along the Appalachian Mountains that crosses the eastern part of the United States from North to South.
As of 3:00 p.m. GMT on Monday, more than 57 cm of snow had fallen in Harpersfield, a town in Ohio, according to the NWS.
“
A strong storm over the northeast will move into southeastern Canada by Tuesday
,” the US service said.
He also expects a further drop in temperatures to cause roads to freeze, dangerous for driving.
Faced with the risk of accidents, several roads and highways in the region have been closed.
Cole Burston/AFP
Sunday, more than 300 car accidents were listed in North Carolina, according to the highway police of this state in the south-east of the country, quoted by the daily
USA Today
.
Toronto police announced in a tweet that they closed two highways in the city to traffic on Monday, "
due to extreme weather and for the safety of drivers
".
Many flights had to be cancelled, like here at Montreal International Airport.
Andrej Ivanov / AFP
After experiencing 620 flight cancellations on Sunday, or 95% of its expected traffic for the day, Charlotte International Airport in North Carolina resumed more normal activity on Monday, but remains the most affected airport with 218 flight cancellations. flight, or 33% of its forecast traffic.
In Toronto, 201 flights departing or arriving at Pearson International Airport had to be canceled, representing more than half of the traffic.
