More than 750K without power as winter storm hits South, mid-Atlantic

More than 750,000 people were without power on Monday as a winter storm battered the South and mid-Atlantic.

Roughly 757,000 people in Maryland, Virginia, Georgia, Tennessee and the Carolinas did not have power as of 3:45 p.m. EDT on Monday, according to PowerOutage.US.

Virginia recorded 444,600 outages on Monday, the highest number in the country. North Carolina followed with more than 110,000 outages, according to PowerOutage.US, which examines live power outage data from utilities across the U.S.

The outages come as a winter storm is slamming a number of states. In the core of the storm’s heavy snow, between six and 12 inches could accumulate, according to AccuWeather.

The storm first broke out Sunday night in the lower part of the mid-Atlantic region and has since moved up the East Coast, according to AccuWeather.

The inclement weather conditions are also causing flight cancellations. As of 3:55 p.m. EDT, more than 2,900 flights within, into or out of the U.S. have been canceled on Monday, according to FlightAware.

Airlines issued more than 4,600 delays within, into or out of the U.S. on Monday as well.

The Office of Personnel Management closed all federal offices in Washington, D.C., on Monday because of the winter storm.

The Washington Post’s Capital Weather Gang on Monday morning predicted that between four and eight inches could accumulate in the nation’s capital.