The joint session of the House and Senate to certify the results of the presidential election held in November last year at the Capitol was held without much disruption, but many offices of federal agencies were closed.
Winter storm warnings have been issued for the 60 million-strong U.S. waist region, from Utah, where the Rocky Mountains lie, to Washington, D.C., and Pennsylvania, which borders the Atlantic Ocean.
The cause of the heavy snow was the release of ice air, which should have stayed over the Arctic, and poured into the area.
While a state of emergency was declared due to heavy snow, CNN reported that at least four people were killed across the United States.
Washington DC Mayor Muriel Bowser said, "Stay home, stay off the road unless you have to be on the road tonight and tomorrow."
According to the Associated Press, hundreds of car crashes occurred in Virginia, Maryland, Indiana, Kansas, and Kentucky on the 5th and 6th, with some highways in the central and eastern United States closed due to freezing due to snow from the previous day.
More than 120,000 people are suffering from power outages due to another tornado caused by icy gusts in areas of 20 million people, including southern Texas.
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