News brief
A winter storm swept across a wide swath of the United States.
It left more than 800,000 people without power, dropping more than a foot of snow in 17 states, and leading to the cancellation of roughly 15,000 flights. Temperatures fell to negative 40 degrees Fahrenheit in New York, factoring in wind chill. As the nation awoke this morning, more than 70 million people were under extreme cold warnings. Several states reported fatalities. The Trump administration paused staffing cuts to the Federal Emergency Management Agency and boosted coordination with state officials ahead of the storm.
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