An arctic blast that gripped much of the United States has left more than 800,000 without power, at least 16 dead from weather-related car crashes and thousands stranded due to flight cancellations.
Plummeting temperatures were expected to bring the coldest Christmas Eve on record, and energy systems across the country were strained by rising demand for heat and storm-related damage to transmission lines.
Duke Energy initiated rolling blackouts across North and South Carolina, in 15 to 30-minute intervals until additional electricity is available, the company told its customers. Weather-related car accidents around the country left at least 16 dead and hundreds stranded on ice and snowbound roads, according to media reports.
Three deaths were reported in Kentucky, where Governor Andy Beshear, warned residents,"Stay home, stay safe, stay alive." The city imposed a driving ban on Friday that remained in effect, and all three Buffalo-area border-crossing bridges were closed to inbound traffic from Canada. The flurry of yuletide temperature records was predicted as a deep freeze sharpened by perilous wind chills enveloped much of the eastern two-thirds of the nation.
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