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About 1 million Americans were left without electricity for Christmas

2022.12.24 12:46

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About 1 million Americans were left without electricity for Christmas

Budrigannews.com – The eastern half of the United States and Texas were hit hard by winter storms that knocked out power to more than 800,000 homes and businesses, according to data from.

After the storms left their service areas, utilities in the United States were working to get power back, but some were still dealing with high winds.

The best quantities of blackouts were in New Britain in the upper east, with 248,162 clients without power in Maine, trailed by New Hampshire, New York, Virginia and North Carolina.

More More 2 000 flights canceled on Saturday in U. S.

Storm-related outages affected over 10,000 customers in nearly half of the 50 states in the United States.

Storms are anticipated to bring blizzard conditions to the Great Lakes region over the Christmas weekend, heavy rain followed by a flash freeze on the East Coast, wind gusts of 60 miles per hour (100 kilometers per hour), and bitter cold as far south as the border between the United States and Mexico.

With 188,861 customers without power, Central Maine Power was the utility with the most outages.

State-specific major outages include:

State Out

Maine 248,162

New Hampshire 74,866

New York 74,306

Virginia 51,371

North Carolina 40,242

Pennsylvania 39,153

Connecticut 38,525

Vermont 38,164

Maryland 37,390

Massachusetts 21,833

West Virginia 19,491

Ohio 14,711

Georgia 13,551

Tennessee 13,311

Texas 13,041

New Jersey 12,807

Washington 11,780

Florida 11,546

Michigan 7,554

Alabama 6,908

Top 20 states 788,712

Total nationwide 821,890

About 1 million Americans were left without electricity for Christmas

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