Heavy snow and frigid winds leaves millions without power across the US – live

Nearly 1.5 million people across the US were without power as of 2:05pm ET.

According to PowerOutage.us, a total of 1,475,578 customers were without power shortly after 2pm ET.

“All Alaska and Horizon flights into and out of both Seattle and Portland are canceled until at least noon Pacific time. Since midnight, we’ve canceled more than 270 flights scheduled to operate in Portland and Seattle and additional cancellations and delays are expected,” Alaska Airlines announced.