Winter storm strikes US Midwest, leave thousands without power By Reuters

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<p>(Reuters) -A massive winter storm moving across the U.S. Midwest knocked out power to more than 250,000 customers in Michigan and Wisconsin on Friday ahead of a brutal freeze expected to blanket the region starting this weekend.</p>
<p>Some 151,203 homes and businesses were without power in the Michigan, according to data from , a website that tracks, records and aggregates data on power outages in the U.S.</p>
<p>In Wisconsin 102,692 customers were without power by midnight Friday.</p>
<p>Airlines delayed more than 7,600 flights across the U.S. on Friday, including planes grounded at Chicago’s O’Hare International Airport, due to winds and blinding snow. </p>
<p>In Iowa, Republican presidential candidates canceled events three days out from the state’s caucuses, the first of the state-by-state contests in which parties pick their nominees for November’s election.</p>
<p>Extreme weather is a reminder of the February freeze in 2021 that left millions in Texas and other central states without power, water and heat for days, and a winter storm in December 2022 – known as Elliott in the energy industry – that almost caused the collapse of power and systems in parts of the eastern half of the country.</p>
<p>The storm is coming ahead of what will likely be the nation’s coldest weather since December 2022, according to data from financial firm LSEG.</p>
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