The media reported an increase in the death toll due to a snowstorm in the United States to 42

At least 42 people died in the United States due to a powerful snow storm. This was reported on January 27 by ABC News TV channel with reference to the Associated Press.

"At least 42 people died as a result of the storm," the article says.

It is specified that in the Austin area, a dead man was found in the parking lot of an abandoned gas station, who died, presumably, from hypothermia, and in Texas, north of Dallas, three brothers died after falling into an icy pond.

Snow storm hits the United States: several dead and millions of homes without power

Massive flight cancellations and power outages affected dozens of states

USA Today reported on January 26 that the death toll in the United States due to a snowstorm had risen to 34 people. It was clarified that ice, freezing rain and snow began to fall on the southern states from Texas to Kansas on January 23, and on January 25 shifted to the east, bringing severe weather conditions from the Carolinas to New York.

ABC News TV channel, citing data from the National Weather Service, reported on the same day that in some places the height of the snow cover formed in the eastern United States is 40 cm. The bad weather, as it was emphasized, led to the cancellation of over 11 thousand flights at that time.

A day earlier, CNN reported that at least seven people had died in the United States due to abnormal frosts. On the same day, it became known that 14 US states and the District of Columbia had declared a state of emergency due to the impending extreme cold and heavy snowfall. The day before, the Associated Press reported that the death toll from the winter storm in the United States had increased to 30 people.

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