New York Mayor Zohran Mamdani says 5 found dead over weekend, authorities confirm 3 deaths in Texas
\n WASHINGTON
\nA monster storm barreling across swathes of the United States has killed at least 10 people and prompted warnings to stay off the roads, mass flight cancelations and power outages, as freezing conditions persisted into Monday.
\nAs the storm dumped snow, sleet and freezing rain across the wide expanse, officials cautioned that an Arctic air mass behind the system would see temperatures fall dangerously low for days, prolonging disruptions to daily life.
\nThe US National Weather Service (NWS) told Americans to expect more of the same weather conditions into Monday morning.
\nNew York Mayor Zohran Mamdani said five people were found dead outside over the weekend in freezing temperatures. While he did not confirm the deaths were weather-related, he told reporters \u201cthere is no more powerful reminder of the danger of extreme cold.\u201d
\nIn Texas, authorities confirmed three deaths, including a 16-year-old girl killed in a sledding accident.
\nTwo people died in Louisiana from hypothermia, the southern state\u2019s health department said.
\nThe PowerOutage.com tracking site showed more than 840,000 customers without electricity as of Sunday night, mostly in the US South where the storm intensified Saturday.
\nIn Tennessee, where a band of ice has downed power lines, more than 300,000 residential and commercial customers were without electricity, while Louisiana, Mississippi and Georgia \u2014 where such storms are less common \u2014 each had over 100,000 outages.
\nThe outages are particularly dangerous as the South is being walloped by treacherous cold that the NWS warns could set records.
\nAuthorities from Texas to North Carolina and New York urged residents to stay home due to the perilous conditions.
\n\u201cStay off the roads unless absolutely necessary,\u201d Texas\u2019s Emergency Management Division posted on X.
\nThe storm was moving Sunday into the northeast, dumping snow and sleet on heavily populated cities including Philadelphia, New York and Boston.
\nAt least 20 states and the US capital Washington have declared states of emergency.
\nResidents in the capital Washington awoke to a blanket of several inches of snow on sidewalks and roads, followed by heavy sleet.
\nFederal offices have been preemptively closed for Monday.
\nSeveral major airports in Washington, Philadelphia and New York had nearly all flights cancelled for the day.
\nTracking site Flightaware.com showed more than 19,000 flights into and out of the country had been scrapped since Saturday.
\nPresident Donald Trump, who was riding out the storm at the White House, said on his Truth Social platform Saturday: \u201cWe will continue to monitor, and stay in touch with all States in the path of this storm. Stay Safe, and Stay Warm!\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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