Natural disasters in Vermont

After an unseasonably warm start to the winter, Slovenia finally received noteworthy snowfall on 16 January. While children and winter sport enthusiasts were delighted, motorists were not in the least. Starting in the early morning hours, heavy snowfall wreaked havoc on morning rush-hour traffic and disrupted power supply.

The storm caused a major collapse in traffic and led to the closure of schools in several American states, while thousands of people were left without electricity.
Winter and ice storm warnings are in effect in large part of America, from Texas to the Midwest and New England, the National Weather Service said.

A snowstorm is set to cause chaos in parts of the US east coast with more than 60 million people under a winter storm watch.

The storm is expected to stretch from Colorado to Maine and warnings are in place in 14 states.

Some places are predicted to see as much as 60 cm of snow.

At least three people were killed in a snowstorm in Alabama, the National Weather Service's local office said in a tweet.

Previously, three people died in Louisiana and one in Texas. The snowstorm is raging for a second day.

"We have now confirmed 3 fatalities near Carrollton in Pickens County" the weather service said and warned the people to take the warnings seriously.

Nearly 7700 US flights were canceled or postponed yesterday due to a winter storm.

Hundreds of flights have been hit at the busy international airports of New York and Chicago.

The worst is the situation at New York's La Guardia International Airport, where 497 flights were canceled and 89 flights were postponed, the BNR reported.