4 minutes agoFrost blocks some 200 million Americans
Periskopi(3 years ago)
(3 years ago)Some 200 million Americans have been affected by the massive snowstorm, which caused the death of at least 19 deaths of citizens before the holiday weekend. While over 1.5 million citizens were left without electricity, thousands of flights were canceled Friday. The storm extends beyond 2,000 miles [3,200 km] from Texas to Quebec. Cities [...]
While over 1.5 million citizens were left without electricity, thousands of flights were canceled Friday.
The storm extends beyond 2,000 miles [3,200 km] from Texas to Quebec.
Cities in Canada, Ontario and Quebec were hit with the Arctic storm, leaving hundreds of thousands of citizens without electricity, while the rest of the country, from British Columbia to Newfoundland, was in a state of extreme cold and snowstorm warning.
The US National Weather Service (NWS) reports that on Friday it marked the biggest winter weather warnings ever, with extreme temperatures up to 45 degrees Celsius, the BBC reports.
In Pennsylvania and Michigan, NWS forecasts a dense snowfall, since Buffalo is expected to drop snow by 8 inches [ 89 cm].
