Over two billion people still without power in the U.S. East Coast

Over two billion people still in the dark on the US east coast, four days after the storm Right devastated the area on Friday night . The storm has killed 22 people, according to AP. President Barack Obama has approved sending aid to Ohio and West Virginia. Power companies have increased their staff by strengthening their teams with employees from other states and even Canada. "We have brought workers in New Brunswick and Quebec, Canada, Florida, South Carolina, Illinois ..." said by telephone a spokesman for Pepco , the company that supplies electricity to most of the Washington metropolitan area , where 200,000 people remain without power. The power operating on the east coast have warned that until next Friday the network will not be restored completely. From Pepco justify the enormous delay in the force of the storm. "We were advised that there would be a storm, but its impact was equivalent to a hurricane and we were not prepared for that. The damage to infrastructure have been tremendous and require more than one day to be repaired, "the spokesman said. The companies have pursued a line of priorities, first restoring supply hospitals, emergency services, police and firefighters, to focus, then in housing. However, several districts of the States of Maryland and Virginia, the brunt of law - are still unable to contact 911. The network outages without air conditioning have left hundreds of thousands of people during one of the most intense heat waves that are remembered in 138 years, according to the National Weather Service(NWS). In Washington, many families have chosen to move to hotels that have cooling. The local transport company has enabled several bus stops remain parked only for pedestrians to enter and relief from the heat. The City Council has sent trucks to various colleges to pick foods that have broken off inside the refrigerator. The Department of Parks and Recreation , meanwhile, has ordered six more for various areas of the city to provide food to those who, for lack of electricity, can not cook at home. Today, for the second consecutive day schools and summer camps in the capital have not opened their doors. The pools, libraries or shopping centers, from North Carolina to New Jersey, are crowded with people seeking to escape the high temperatures, according to images that show local broadcasters. Although the beginning of the week seems to have a break the thermometer, the NWS has warned on Thursday that could exceed 40 degrees Celsius.Three people in Maryland and Virginia six have died due to heat wave. Traffic remains complicated in several interstate highways in the area of the east coast. Spokesmen for the emergency services say they are using all means available to remove trees that are still lying across the road through traffic lights and repairing storm damaged by wind force and lack of electricity. Since New Mexico has sent a drone to control more quickly which roads are cut and which can be circular. The absence of electricity and the destruction that have yet to be repaired on the eve of the national holiday on July 4, forced to suspend some of the celebrations planned in the U.S. capital. Several counties do not throw the traditional fireworks and Virginia, some officials are questioning whether they should be doing festivals in full state of emergency.