00:00In this scenario, the heavy snowstorm in the United States left over one million homes
00:04without power and brought domestic air travel to a complete halt.
00:07Damaging ice knocked out power to over a million customers across the Mid-Atlantic and South.
00:12According to local authorities, outages could last for days in hard-hit areas like Nashville,
00:17Mississippi and southern states, such as Texas and Louisiana, with hundreds of thousands
00:22of residents left without power in freezing temperatures.
00:25In turn, the climate crisis also paralyzed national air transport with more than 17,000
00:29flights canceled due to bad weather, leaving thousands of travelers stranded.
00:33Moreover, schools in major cities have canceled classes or moved to remote learning for Monday.
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