![]() ![]() ![]() Among the hardest hit were Virginia, with nearly 280,000 customers without power Oregon, with more than 230,000 and North Carolina, with more than 120,000, according to, which aggregates live power data from utilities across the U.S. Power failures affected at least eight states. “We really get that that’s frustrating,” the company wrote on Twitter, “and we’re sorry.” The company estimated that it could take at least two days to restore power. More than 230,000 people in northwest Oregon were without power on Saturday afternoon as crews worked to fix more than 1,200 downed power lines, according to Portland General Electric. “I’ve been with the Oregon Department of Transportation for 17 years, so I’ve seen some pretty bad storms, and this is right up there,” said Shelley Snow, a department spokeswoman. Downed trees and power lines had closed other roads in Oregon, and low temperatures were making it difficult for plows. In the Willamette Valley, in northwestern Oregon, traffic was at a standstill on some roads, including Interstate 84. She said crews were out in full force to respond to the dangerous conditions and to open warming centers. Kate Brown of Oregon declared a state of emergency on Saturday, saying that the weather had created “extensive damage” and left hundreds of thousands without power. “This is a good reminder to the community that winter driving conditions are unpredictable and even the most prepared vehicles can have difficulty maneuvering through these conditions,” said Ahmad Qayoumi, Clark County’s public works director. In southern Washington State, officials in Clark County declared a state of emergency, warning that roads had become impassable and that six snowplows had become stuck in deep snow and ice, despite being equipped with tire chains. Seattle was blanketed in more than a foot of snow, and emergency crews were responding to cars sliding off icy roads. Heavy snow fell across the mountains and lowlands of Washington and Oregon, with significant icing in northwest Oregon. Ice storm warnings, winter storm warnings and winter weather advisories were issued across a thick belt of the country, from Seattle to South Texas to Southern New Jersey, with many areas reporting brutally low temperatures. Several other areas in northern Minnesota reported temperatures of 40 below, the Weather Service said. ![]() Minnesota’s previous record for the date was minus 46 degrees, set in 1916. 13 of minus 50 degrees Fahrenheit, which was recorded 25 miles east of Ely, according to the National Weather Service. Minnesota - no stranger to cold weather - might have set a record low temperature for Feb. Extreme winter weather gripped large swaths of the United States on Saturday, bringing heavy snow and ice and knocking out power for thousands from the Pacific Northwest to the Mid-Atlantic. ![]()
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