Floods in the west of the US, the winter storm in the east according to Reuters

By Susan Heavey and Brendan O’Brien

WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Floods hit parts of the northwestern United States (NASDAQ) on Friday after heavy rains, and a winter storm brought more than half a foot (15 cm) of snow to the east of the country, closing schools. , offices and high traffic roads.

Many areas of the Pacific Northwest coast are subject to flood and loss warnings, while warnings of winter storms in eastern Maine have been maintained, according to the National Weather Service.

“A final storm system will move across the northwest today with heavy coastal rain and mountain snow,” he said.

A number of alerts were being issued to some of Washington’s main highways, closing down parts of the “dangerous water situation,” the Washington State Department of Transportation said.

Some of the property, roads and fields were seen in deep water in pictures and videos posted on social media and local news outlets.

According to Flightaware.com, about 2,600 flights were canceled to the United States on Friday, and inside, and COVID-19 also affected airlines.

More than 50,000 customers on the west coast are currently without electricity, and Virginia is the worst-affected state in eastern Virginia, according to data from poweroutage.us.

Earlier, an easterly storm in Kentucky, Virginia, Pennsylvania, New York and Maryland left 6 to 8 inches (15 to 20 cm) under snow in more than one foot in some of the hardest-hit towns on the New England coast (30). cm) snow on Thursday and Friday.

Washington’s federal government offices were closed, and dozens of schools in the country’s central east were suspended due to snow and severe cold.

The storm was the second to hit the eastern United States this week. On Monday, the region was covered in snow with a foot (30 cm), leaving thousands of people stranded for 27 hours when the nearly 50-mile (80 km) stretch of Interstate 95 in northern Virginia became impassable.