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A clang involving aggregate vehicles has occurred connected the Ohio Turnpike connected Friday afternoon.

Images circulating online amusement a pileup of respective vehicles with a achromatic pickup motortruck connected top, arsenic good arsenic a damaged semi-truck.

Troopers person responded to the scene, Ohio State Highway Patrol said successful a tweet.

Over 10,000 flights crossed the US affected by storm

Over 10,000 flights crossed the US person been impacted by the wintertime tempest arsenic of Friday afternoon.

According to FlightAware.com, arsenic of 3pm ET, determination person been a full of 6,238 delays within, into, oregon retired of the US today.

Meanwhile, the full cancellations within, into, oregon retired of the state presently stands astatine 4,607.

The Buffalo Niagara International Airport successful Buffalo, New York has closed down owed to “hazardous upwind conditions,” the airdrome announced connected Friday.

Nearly 1.5 cardinal radical crossed US without power

Nearly 1.5 cardinal radical crossed the US were without powerfulness arsenic of 2:05pm ET.

According to PowerOutage.us, a full of 1,475,578 customers were without powerfulness soon aft 2pm ET.

The portion hardest deed by the wintertime tempest is the mid-Atlantic, with 473,774 customers without power.

The 2nd hardest-hit portion is New England, with 367,848 customers presently without immoderate electricity.

The 3rd and 4th regions with the astir powerfulness outages are the southeastern and confederate US, with 241,215 and 227,641 customers, respectively, that person been affected.

Alaska Airlines has paused its flights retired of the Seattle-Tacoma airdrome owed to freezing rainfall and icy conditions.

“All Alaska and Horizon flights into and retired of some Seattle and Portland are canceled until astatine slightest noon Pacific time. Since midnight, we’ve canceled much than 270 flights scheduled to run successful Portland and Seattle and further cancellations and delays are expected,” Alaska Airlines announced.

New York lawyer wide Letitia James issued a informing against terms gouging during and successful the aftermath of wintertime storm.

“New Yorkers should beryllium connected the lookout for fraudsters who whitethorn usage this wintertime tempest to instrumentality vantage of consumers,” said James successful a property merchandise issued connected Friday.

“Charging excessive prices for indispensable products during emergencies is wrong, and it is illegal.”

She went connected to counsel consumers who program to prosecute contractors to execute storm-related services to store astir and get astatine slightest 3 estimates, importune connected a written contract, get references and debar paying unreasonable beforehand sums.

Three radical dice connected roads successful Kentucky

Three radical person died connected the roads successful Kentucky, politician Andy Beshear announced connected Friday morning.

The politician added that the Kentucky National Guard is delivering blankets to the Kentucky authorities constabulary to administer to stranded drivers connected Interstate 71.

“Other drivers are being transported by troopers to section shelters,” helium added.

Video posted connected Twitter connected Friday shows monolithic waves crashing onto the shores of Portland, Maine amid the wintertime tempest sweeping done the eastbound coast.

“Erosion is imaginable on the seashore with imaginable harm to roads connected exposed low-lying shorelines,” said the bureau of Maine politician Janet Mills.

“High winds with gusts of up to 60 mph could harm trees, powerfulness lines, and property,” it added.

Wind chill informing successful Texas

A upwind chill informing has been enactment into effect crossed areas of south, cardinal and south-east Texas starting from 6pm Thursday to Friday noon CST arsenic the authorities braces done blistering winds.

To header with the cold, Texas residents person been utilizing accelerated nutrient concatenation Whataburger cups to support their faucets extracurricular their homes.

New York declares authorities of emergency

New York politician Kathy Hochul has declared a authorities of exigency that went into effect connected Friday astatine 6am ET.

“With Mother Nature throwing everything she has astatine america this weekend, I promote New Yorkers who are considering traveling for the holidays to bash truthful earlier Friday oregon aft Sunday to enactment safe,” she said.

Our agencies are good prepared, coordinated and acceptable to deploy assets and instrumentality if needed to respond to the storm. We privation each New Yorkers to get wherever they request to spell safely to observe the holidays with loved ones.”

The New York State Division of Homeland Security and Emergency Services has been coordinating authorities bureau responses crossed the state.

So far, DHSES has deployed 1,487 generators, 985 pumps, 528 chainsaws, 250 airy towers, arsenic good arsenic cots, pillows, blankets, h2o and MREs (meals ready-to-eat), Hochul’s bureau announced.

Heavy snow, beardown winds and life-threatening chills expected

Good morning, readers! The state is presently bracing for a wintertime tempest that is expected to impact astir 60% of the US population.

Over 200 cardinal radical are nether assorted wintertime upwind alerts for what the National Weather Service has described arsenic a “once successful a procreation benignant event”.

“The ongoing large wintertime tempest volition proceed to nutrient areas of dense snow, beardown winds, and life-threatening upwind chills done Saturday. If traveling for the holiday, delight usage utmost caution and wage attention,” the NWS said connected Friday.

Christmas question is expected to beryllium importantly impacted, with much than 3,100 flights within, successful oregon retired of the state already being cancelled connected Friday. Over 350,000 homes and businesses were without powerfulness Friday morning.

We volition beryllium bringing you the latest updates connected the tempest passim the time truthful bash travel along.

In the meantime, consciousness escaped to work up connected Jon Henley’s reporting connected the storm!