The United States will freeze to minus 62
In the United States, after record-breaking New Year's snowfalls, abnormal frosts came. In Washington, this January is already called the coldest in the last 20 years. The drifts have not been cleared yet. Dozens of people in hospitals, all with the same diagnosis - severe frostbite.
Abnormal cold is expected in the coming days in several US states at once. Forecasters warn that a cold front with arctic winds may drop to -62 C this night in some areas.
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1. The flow of cold air that rushed into the territory of Canada and the United States from the Arctic regions brought record low temperatures.
2. Abnormal cold is expected in the coming days in several US states at once. Forecasters warn that a cold front with arctic winds could drop to -50 C this night in some areas.
3. Temperature ratings in the US Northeast or Midwest are hardly shocking. Well, what is minus 15 or even 25 for us? But the high humidity - the ocean is nearby - combined with strong winds, makes even a short stay outside a challenge.
4. “If you are under forty, then you have never experienced such frosts in your life.” American news portals supply their weather reports with such disturbing headlines.
5. Meteorologists classify what is happening as a polar vortex. In fact, this is an ideal ice storm, for which several conditions have coincided in a unique way over the past decades - the casting of Arctic air masses from Canada and the low temperature of the Earth.
6. The US is still recovering from snowfalls. With a shovel on the streets of New York the day before there was even a new mayor.
7. Ahead - minus 40-50, and somewhere even minus 62. Drawing a picture of the ice apocalypse, meteorologists point out that the catastrophic temperatures that they predict can only be experienced by a person in conditions of strong gusts of wind.
8. TV channels broadcast recommendations on how to dress properly.
9. Social services are on alert, as severe frosts can cost the lives of the homeless.
10. According to the latest data, 16 people became victims of heavy snowfalls in the northeastern regions of the United States and the Midwest. Most of them died in traffic accidents due to poor visibility, one American simply froze in her car.
11. The current frost could be the most severe in the last 20 years. The hardest hit will be residents of North Dakota, Wisconsin, Iowa and Minnesota. In Minnesota, it will drop to -45 C at night and the local governor has already ordered the cancellation of classes in schools across the state.
12. It will be unusually cold in Chicago, Illinois. It will be -24 C here and the locals do not remember such frosts since 1994. According to ITAR-TASS, -25 C is expected in the northern state of Maine, and -23 degrees with a minus sign in the southernmost state of Connecticut.
13. Local authorities urge residents not to leave their homes for their own safety, as well as in order to be able to clear snow-free roads from vehicles.
14. Chicago International Airport, one of the largest in the country, canceled half of all flights. In neighboring St. Louis, the roads are so covered with snow that it is almost impossible to drive on them.
15. The current non-standard winter directly hits the American economy. The export of grain is under threat.
16. The traditional supply routes for wheat, corn and soybeans - navigable rivers and canals through which bulk cargo is shipped on barges - are ice-bound. Snowdrifts have also blocked part of rural roads in the agricultural Midwest, so that farmers cannot ship their products by truck.
17. Bad weather affected the railway traffic, as well as the operation of the country's airports. According to the latest data, over 8,000 flights have been canceled in the air harbors of New York, Boston, Chicago and Washington.
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21. Frost will last until the middle of the week, forecasters say, calling the cold deadly. The locals seem to be more optimistic, making snowmen and even riding bikes.
22. But the authorities are urging people to stay indoors as much as possible and go out as little as possible.
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