An explosion occurred in the Arctic a lot of United State on Saturday is knocking at the door out power to 1.7 million homes And businesses across the country, leave millions more Worried about more outages. At the same time, it led to flight cancellations, car Wreckage, crippled cops and fire The drop in temperatures is expected to lead to a cooler Christmas Eve on record To several cities from Pennsylvania to Georgia.
Temperatures are expected to rise out on Saturday o’clock just -13 degrees Celsius (7 degrees Fahrenheit) in Pittsburgh, marking the coldest Christmas Eve on record of minus 10 degrees Celsius, set in 1983, said the National Weather Service (NWS).
Similarly, the cities of Georgia and South Carolina – Athens and Charleston – were also expected record The coldest temperatures on Christmas Eve are during the day. At the same time, it was expected that Washington, D.C experience December 24 was the coldest since 1989.
rampage of Christmas temperature records predicted as U.S. deep freeze sharpened by dangerous wind chills continues to beat many of eastern two-thirds of nation in holiday weekend.
Freeze him already produced fatal car collisions across the country, with CNN reports at least 14 dead From weatherrelated accidents.
Arctic cold pool with “hurricane bomb” of Heavy snow and wind howling roaring out of Great Lakes region on On Friday, in the valleys of the Upper Mississippi and Ohio, they wreaked havoc on power Road systems and trade routes air the traffic.
Severe winter weather He was blamed for At least five deaths on Friday.
Two motorists were killed and several others were injured in A 50vehicle pile it up shut down Ohio Turnpike in Both directions during a blizzard near Toledo, forcing an evacuation of Motorists stranded the bus to prevent them from freezing in their cars, officials said.
three more weatherRelated deaths confirmed in Neighboring Kentucky – two of car accidents and one of a homeless person who Died of open.
Freezing rain and ice from a separate storm in Pacific Northwest made Treacherous travel on Friday.
From border to border
According to the weather Services of Canadians to the Mexican border and coast to coast, about 240 million people It was under winter weather Warnings and instructions on Friday.
NWS said its map of Existing or imminent meteorological hazards one of The greatest ranges of winter weather Warnings and Alerts Ever.
With power systems across the country strained rising demand for heat and storm damage to transmission lines, up to US$1.8 million homes And companies were left without power Such as of Early Saturday morning, according to tracking website Poweroutage.us.
Troubles turned millions of The daily routine of Americans and holiday plans during one of The year is the busiest travel period.
The American Automobile Association estimated that 112.7 million people intends venture 80 km (50 miles) from home Between Friday and January 2nd. But windy weather Probably nearing the end of the week up Save a lot of them in home.
Nearly 2,000 US flights have been cancelled on Saturday, with total Delay of more from 4,000, according to flight-tracking service FlightAware. More than 5,000 flights have been cancelled on Friday, flight tracking said.
the city of Buffalo and the surrounding county on the edge of Lake Erie in Western New York has a driving ban, and all three Buffalo-area Border crossing bridges are closed to incoming traffic from Canada due to… weather.
severe weather prompted authorities across the country to open warming centers in Libraries and police stations as you scramble to expand your temporary shelter for the homeless. the challenge Doubled by flow of Immigrants crossing the southern border of the United States are in the thousands in recent weeks.
The bitter cold was intensified by the strong winds extended It crossed the deep south into the US-Mexico border, bringing wind chill factors down to -18 to -13 degrees Celsius. in El Paso, Texas. Such conditions can be exposed cause Frostbite within minutes.
An explosion occurred in the Arctic a lot of United State on Saturday is knocking at the door out power to 1.7 million homes And businesses across the country, leave millions more Worried about more outages. At the same time, it led to flight cancellations, car Wreckage, crippled cops and fire The drop in temperatures is expected to lead to a cooler Christmas Eve on record To several cities from Pennsylvania to Georgia.
Temperatures are expected to rise out on Saturday o’clock just -13 degrees Celsius (7 degrees Fahrenheit) in Pittsburgh, marking the coldest Christmas Eve on record of minus 10 degrees Celsius, set in 1983, said the National Weather Service (NWS).
Similarly, the cities of Georgia and South Carolina – Athens and Charleston – were also expected record The coldest temperatures on Christmas Eve are during the day. At the same time, it was expected that Washington, D.C experience December 24 was the coldest since 1989.
rampage of Christmas temperature records predicted as U.S. deep freeze sharpened by dangerous wind chills continues to beat many of eastern two-thirds of nation in holiday weekend.
Freeze him already produced fatal car collisions across the country, with CNN reports at least 14 dead From weatherrelated accidents.
Arctic cold pool with “hurricane bomb” of Heavy snow and wind howling roaring out of Great Lakes region on On Friday, in the valleys of the Upper Mississippi and Ohio, they wreaked havoc on power Road systems and trade routes air the traffic.
Severe winter weather He was blamed for At least five deaths on Friday.
Two motorists were killed and several others were injured in A 50vehicle pile it up shut down Ohio Turnpike in Both directions during a blizzard near Toledo, forcing an evacuation of Motorists stranded the bus to prevent them from freezing in their cars, officials said.
three more weatherRelated deaths confirmed in Neighboring Kentucky – two of car accidents and one of a homeless person who Died of open.
Freezing rain and ice from a separate storm in Pacific Northwest made Treacherous travel on Friday.
From border to border
According to the weather Services of Canadians to the Mexican border and coast to coast, about 240 million people It was under winter weather Warnings and instructions on Friday.
NWS said its map of Existing or imminent meteorological hazards one of The greatest ranges of winter weather Warnings and Alerts Ever.
With power systems across the country strained rising demand for heat and storm damage to transmission lines, up to US$1.8 million homes And companies were left without power Such as of Early Saturday morning, according to tracking website Poweroutage.us.
Troubles turned millions of The daily routine of Americans and holiday plans during one of The year is the busiest travel period.
The American Automobile Association estimated that 112.7 million people intends venture 80 km (50 miles) from home Between Friday and January 2nd. But windy weather Probably nearing the end of the week up Save a lot of them in home.
Nearly 2,000 US flights have been cancelled on Saturday, with total Delay of more from 4,000, according to flight-tracking service FlightAware. More than 5,000 flights have been cancelled on Friday, flight tracking said.
the city of Buffalo and the surrounding county on the edge of Lake Erie in Western New York has a driving ban, and all three Buffalo-area Border crossing bridges are closed to incoming traffic from Canada due to… weather.
severe weather prompted authorities across the country to open warming centers in Libraries and police stations as you scramble to expand your temporary shelter for the homeless. the challenge Doubled by flow of Immigrants crossing the southern border of the United States are in the thousands in recent weeks.
The bitter cold was intensified by the strong winds extended It crossed the deep south into the US-Mexico border, bringing wind chill factors down to -18 to -13 degrees Celsius. in El Paso, Texas. Such conditions can be exposed cause Frostbite within minutes.