Deadly winter storm sends airports into chaos as more than 302,000 customers left without power
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Hundreds of crashes were reported amid the severe weather and several people were killed in three states. A deadly winter storm slammed the mid-Atlantic and Midwest on Monday morning, bringing major travel impacts and knocking out power for hundreds of thousands of customers in several states.
![[People throw snowballs on Monday near D.C.’s Washington Monument as U.S. flags fly at half-staff in memorial to former President Jimmy Carter. The city will see several inches of snow]](https://static.independent.co.uk/2025/01/06/15/AP25006551489750.jpg)
In Kansas, an SUV traveling southbound on Interstate 235 spun out of control, the state’s highway patrol said. Hundreds of crashes were reported in Maryland, Virginia, Ohio, and other states. Police advised residents to stay off the roads, and even President Joe Biden had to change his travel tactics while en route to New Orleans following the New Year’s Day truck attack. The White House said the administration was monitoring the storm.
![[A runner makes his way through a snow-covered street in Indianapolis, Indiana, on Monday. A deadly winter storm was impacting a large swath of the eastern U.S., making travel dangerously tricky]](https://static.independent.co.uk/2025/01/06/17/AP25006625611879.jpg)
After losing to the Colts, Florida’s Jacksonville Jaguars were reportedly stuck on the tarmac for seven hours at Indianapolis International Airport. There were also disruptions to cross-country rail travel, and police in multiple states reported hundreds of crashes since the weekend.
Schools were closed in New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Maryland, and Delaware, as well as Richmond, Virginia, and Washington, D.C. “That said, if you don’t need to be on the roads tonight and tomorrow, stay home.”. With reporting from The Associated Press.
