High winds, blizzards and huge snowdrifts from Canada to the Rio Grande along the Mexican border. North America has been laid waste for several days. by a big winter stormIt continues to affect millions of people.
According to SkyNews, this freezing cold claimed 46 lives in the United States. At least 1.8 million households were deprived of electricity, including 98,000 on Christmas Eve. One figure dropped to 150,000 on Monday.
In addition, more than 10,000 flights were canceled for this weekend as many Americans had to travel for the holiday season.
The northeast of the country was particularly affected for this “cyclonic bomb”What happens when a cold air mass collides with a warm air mass?
Parts of upstate New York were blanketed in snow, stranding vehicles and thousands without power over Christmas weekend.
Eighteen people have died in this state where the city of Buffalo was hit hard by blizzards, freezing cold and heavy “lake effect” snowfall, the result of freezing air moving over the warmer waters of the nearby Great Lakes.
“This is not the Christmas that any of us hoped or anticipated,” said Erie County Official Mark Poloncarz.
According to the National Weather Service, more than 1.2 meters of snow fell near the airport on Sunday.
As rescue teams and hundreds of snowplow drivers fanned out on December 25, even emergency and recovery vehicles became bogged down in the snow. Eleven ambulances had to be abandoned this Sunday, reports CNN.
“The rescue team was rescuing the rescuers…”, lamented Mark Poloncarz on Sunday.
The Buffalo Police Department has called on snowmobile owners to help with search and rescue efforts.
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The storm continues to recede, but many towns and villages are still covered in a deep layer of snow. This Monday, a new disturbance will cross the north of the country, bringing snow from the Northern Plains to the Great Lakes. This “bomb cyclone” should then move away towards Canada, in particular towards Ontario and Quebec.
Thousands of homes are already without electricity and haveat least 52 people have already been hospitalized due to these polar conditions. Four people also died in a bus accident in the eastern part of the country. According to SkyNews, the temperature felt in the city of Yellowknife could reach -43°C on Monday.
Source: BFM TV
