At least 10 people died from the snow storm raging in the southern United States.
Bad weather has caused numerous accidents, thousands of residents were left without electricity. According to NBC, at the international airport in Atlanta on the evening of 17 January was cancelled 1.7 thousand flights. Hundreds of cancellations of flights recorded at airports in New Orleans, Houston, Charlotte and Raleigh (NC).
The governors of Alabama, Georgia, Louisiana and North Carolina have declared a state of emergency in some areas fell to 30 cm of snow. All the public schools of Alabama on Wednesday were closed. More than 23 thousand customers remained without electricity, including 14 thousand in North Carolina.
Winter storm gripped the region from Texas to West Virginia, and South to Panama city (FL). The roads were so slippery, that the office failed even NASCAR racer Ralph Dale Earnhardt, Jr. He published a photo in which his car flew off the road in North Carolina and crashed into a tree.
NC stay off the roads today/tonight. 5 minutes after helping these folks I center punched a pine tree. All good. Probably just needs a new alignment. pic.twitter.com/OfA5Q28jew
— Ralph Dale Earnhardt Jr. (@DaleJr) January 17, 2018
According to the Associated Press, authorities have confirmed ten deaths associated with the storm.
Virtually all cases road traffic accidents. So, in METAIRIE, Louisiana, a female driver lost control and the car fell into a canal. Killed eight-month-old baby, mother is in critical condition.
Killed drivers in Bibb County (GA); New Orleans (La), Houston (TX), Milton (West Virginia). Except for the accident, another death due to the weather recorded in Memphis, Tennessee, where the street was found dead a woman, probably dead from hypothermia.
Life today in North Carolina… Snow snow and more snow pic.twitter.com/oqTrcYbtzp
— Derrick Burnette (@dpburnette) January 17, 2018
