A powerful winter storm is still lingering across the parts of the United States, causing an estimated 3,000 canceled or delayed flights on Monday after it killed at least 14 people over the weekend, and snarled traffic across the country.
More than 12,000 flight cancellations were reported on Sunday, and among the deaths blamed on weather are three people in Pennsylvania, which had a record amount of snowfall, three in Tennessee, which was inundated with ice. Two more were reported in Louisiana, two in Texas-- where a 16-year old died while sledding when her sled collided with a curb -- one in Kansas, one in Massachusetts, and one in Arkansas, according to local officials.
NBC News reported "The heaviest snow from this weekend's storm will start moving offshore today, but more than 200 million people are under alerts for severe cold, including almost every state east of the Rockies and outside New England."
More than 820,000 energy customers remain without power on Monday, including more than 250,000 in Tennessee, and more in Texas and Louisiana, where ice compromised power lines.
BBC News reported that U.S. Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy described Monday as "dig out day", but added the Department of Transport is "hoping by midweek we'll be back to normal."
Still, the cold will linger, with Extreme Cold Warnings issued in Michigan, Ohio, Minnesota, New York and Pennsylvania. Even Central Florida is expected to begin a long cold snap.