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In the US, at least four people have been killed as a massive storm barrelled along the East Coast, leading to power outages, flooding and flight delays. A woman died in floodwaters outside Charleston in South Carolina, and three men in north-eastern states were killed as the storm moved towards Canada.

Millions of East Coast residents were on flood watch and more than six lakh people were without power. The storm is expected to snarl up holiday travel. The US National Weather Service said, the weather brought widespread heavy rain that led to river flooding and flash flooding.

This has led to dangerous travel conditions, with more than 4,900 flights delayed and 500 cancelled. The worst-affected airports were in the Boston and New York areas. Schools across the New England region have also been forced to cancel or delay classes because of road conditions. In total, nearly 60 million people from Virginia to Maine were under a flood watch.