About 1 million Americans were left without electricity for Christmas
2022.12.24 12:46
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
