New Mexico, Texas and Nebraska are among the states with the highest number of people showing flu-like symptoms.

There were also chances of localized power outages in southerly portions of North Carolina, South Carolina ... according to PowerOutage.us, a service that tracks disruptions.

Settled by the English in 1670, the colony named for King Charles I was split into North and South Carolina in 1710. Largely agricultural, settlers relied heavily on the slave trade to work rice ...