Winter storm cuts power to 380,000 people in the southeastern United States By Reuters

(Reuters) – A powerful winter storm that hit the southeastern United States during the weekend cut the current of over 380,000 customers and forced the cancellation of hundreds of flights on Sunday.

Authorities asked residents to stay out of the way because snow, sleet and freezing rain were expected to continue on Sunday night and Monday morning, the national meteorological service said.

30 cm) of snow in some areas and warned of the persistence of snowfall that could lead up to a foot and a half (46 cm) from the west and north of North Carolina southwestern Virginia.

More than 380,000 customers were out of power Sunday afternoon in the Carolinas, Georgia, Alabama, Tennessee and Virginia, Poweroutage.us announced.

The storm resulted in more than 1,000 flight cancellations at the Charlotte / Douglas International Airport, the country's sixth-largest airport, and at other airports in the region, according to the tracking website. FlightAware flights.

The governor of North Carolina, Roy Cooper, said Sunday that the state of emergency would remain in effect and that the North Carolina National Guard had been activated to help the riposte.

The effects of the storm could last several days in the region. State, warn the authorities.

In North Raleigh, residents awoke to several inches of snow, covering roads, cars and homes. Many people shared their photos on Twitter with the hashtag # Snowmageddon2018 on Twitter on Sunday morning.

In South Carolina, snow was replaced by slush and rain, while the temperature was close to freezing point, South Carolina. Emergency Management Division said on Twitter.

The storm formed earlier this week off the Texas coast and shifted eastward, striking areas of Arkansas and Tennessee.