Overview
- Air travel is experiencing its worst day since the pandemic according to Cirium, with roughly 29% of U.S. departures canceled and Dallas–Fort Worth among the hardest-hit hubs.
- PowerOutage.us reports roughly 600,000 customers without electricity across multiple states, including tens of thousands in Texas and Louisiana, as grids come under strain.
- More than 20 states have activated emergency measures as the National Weather Service flags heavy snow, sleet and freezing rain followed by a sustained blast of bitter cold.
- New York authorities have confirmed three deaths suspected to be linked to the extreme cold, with temperatures forecast to plunge early this week.
- In Europe, a separate series of Greenland-sourced disturbances is bringing rain, wind and mountain snow to Italy, with meteorologists noting warmer conditions are shifting some lower-elevation snowfall to rain.