"冰雪在美國造成損害及傷亡"

覆蓋了美國廣大地區的寒流據報造成了數人死亡，並讓人們在嚴寒的冬季氣候中無電可用。

加州有四人在舊金山灣區死於失溫，而許多交通相關的死亡事故也被歸咎為結冰路面和極危險的路況。

估計達拉斯的75000名用電戶最近無電可用，而其他來自此州和西阿肯色州的斷電戶據報估計約有7500戶左右。

35號州際公路達拉斯北部段發生的公路意外造成了交通延遲長達四小時，車輛因路面結冰而動彈不得或是爬不了坡。暴風雪也影響了很多機場的空中進岀，造成達拉斯－沃斯堡國際機場取消了四百班起飛班機──造成3330名乘客留在航廈過夜。機場表示，因為天候的關係他們營運只有平時行程的一半，看來要改善還得花上一點時間。

蒙大拿州和南達科他州的氣溫於週六降至攝氏負29度，而冰雪風暴預計接下來會侵襲維吉尼亞州和中大西洋地區。

(International) Ice And Snow Cause Damage, Deaths in US

A cold snap covering large areas of the US has reportedly caused several deaths and left people without power in frigid winter temperatures.

Four people from California died of hypothermia in the San Francisco Bay Area, and many traffic related deaths have also been blamed on icy roads and treacherous driving conditions.

An estimated 75,000 customers in the Dallas area were without power recently, and other power outages estimated to be around 7,500 in number were reported across the state and in western Arkansas.

Road accidents on Interstate 35 north of Dallas caused traffic delays of up to four hours, and vehicles were stalled or unable to climb hills in icy conditions. The storm also affected air traffic in and out of many airports, causing Dallas/Fort Worth International Airport to cancel 400 departing flights V leaving about 3,330 passengers to stay overnight in terminals. The airport stated it was running at about half the usual schedule as a result of weather conditions, which seem unlikely to improve soon.

Temperatures in Montana and South Dakota dropped to -29 Celsius on Saturday, and the icy storm is predicted to hit Virginia and the Mid-Atlantic next.

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