Hundreds of thousands of people across the midwestern and eastern states were without power, and even more were stuck at home instead of going to work and school, on Monday morning as a historic winter storm dumped — and continues to dump — several inches of snow on them.
A staggering 23 states are under winter storm warnings and advisories from the National Weather Service (NWS), according to Newsweek, with warnings in place in Missouri, Illinois, Indiana, Kentucky, Ohio, North Carolina, Virginia, West Virginia, Pennsylvania, New Jersey, Maryland, and Delaware.
Alaska, Nevada, Idaho, Wyoming, Arkansas, Tennessee, Montana, New York, Vermont, Wisconsin, and Iowa are all under winter weather advisories, the outlet stated.
Official state of emergencies have been declared in Kentucky, Virginia, West Virginia, Kansas,
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