17 minutes agoU.S. Northeast under threatening low temperatures
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(3 years ago)The northeastern part of the United States is included this weekend from low and dangerous temperatures. At the highest point in the state of New Hampshire, in Mount Washington, temperatures dropped to -79 degrees Fahrenheit [1 - 79 ° C]. Most of New York's state as well as Massachusetts, Connecticut, Rhode Island, New Hampshire, Vermont and [...]
The northeastern part of the United States is included this weekend from low and dangerous temperatures. At the highest point in the state of New Hampshire, in Mount Washington, temperatures dropped to -79 degrees Fahrenheit [1 - 79 ° C].
The vast majority of New York's state, as well as Massachusetts, Connecticut, Rhode Island, New Hampshire, Vermont, and Maine, a region of some 16 million people, were swept away by the wave of intense cold.
Authorities closed schools in Boston and West, Massachusetts, on Friday due to concerns about risk of hypothermia and frost. The temperatures recorded in these cities on Friday were estimated at -13 degrees Celsius, Saturday expected to mark a record new decrease.
Boston Mayor Michele Wu declared the state of emergency by Sunday and opened heating centres to help over 650,000 city dwellers.
Similarly, a temperature of -39.5 degrees Celsius was recorded in Kabetoma, Minnesota. / VOA
