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Lead] Record-breaking snow storms hit many parts of the United States as the holidays from Christmas to New Year began.

More than 100 million people are expected to make the move, but flights are already being canceled in droves, causing major setbacks.



Correspondent Kim Yun-soo in Washington.



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Road signs are staggering in the fierce snowstorm, and it is difficult for drivers in their cars to distinguish even an inch ahead.



[U.S. Kentucky residents: Seriously, dangerously cold weather.

Do not go outside unless absolutely necessary.]



A 'bomb cyclone', a low-pressure storm created by the meeting of cold air currents and moist air from the Arctic, hit a wide area ranging from the central, southern, and eastern United States.



Temperatures have dropped to minus 50 degrees in some areas, and a record-breaking snowfall of up to 91 cm has been predicted in the Buffalo, New York area.



As the waves rose high due to strong winds, seawater overflowed in the Brooklyn area of ​​​​New York City, flooding roads everywhere.



Thousands of flights are canceled in a pile due to a snow storm during the Christmas holidays, and roads are closed, causing major disruptions to the movement of 100 million people.



[Airport users: I can't rent a car to go back to Bozeman, and I don't have a plane.

Perhaps there will be no flight back until Christmas Eve.]



US President Biden, who received an emergency briefing from the weather authorities, asked to refrain from traveling.



[Joe Biden/President of the United States: It is a very dangerous situation.

This is a severe weather warning.

It's not like a day when you don't go to school because it's snowing.]



The US Meteorological Administration predicted that this snow storm would affect an area where more than 130 million people live by the weekend as it moves from the Midwest to the East.



(Video coverage: Park Eun-ha, video editing: Kim Jun-hee)