good part United States of America We’re ready for a ‘once in a generation’ winter stormas explained by the National Weather Service (NWS), which mainly affects the Midwest of the country and moves to the Northeast.
US President Joe Biden personally warned Americans on Thursday to take the storm “extremely seriously” and follow the advice of officials. “This is real a very serious weather warning. And it goes from Oklahoma to Wyoming and from Wyoming to Maine. “And it has real consequences, so I urge everyone, everybody, to please follow local advice,” he told reporters from the Oval Office. reveals that his government is trying to contact 26 governors of the affected states.
According to the FlightAware website, More than 2,400 flight cancellations Another 2,300 flights were canceled this Thursday within the US, to or from the US, and tomorrow, Friday. The airports most affected by the cancellations were Chicago’s O’Hare, Chicago Midway and Denver. Snow, icy winds and low temperatures could affect travel from Seattle on the nation’s west coast to Boston in the northeast or North Carolina in the south, the airlines said.
According to the local press, Temperatures as low as -59°F (-50°C) reached in northern IdahoSome major cities in the country will face extreme conditions on Friday, with Chicago (Illinois -34°F -36.6°C), Minneapolis (Minnesota) -32°F (-35°C) and -. 21°F (-29°C) in Denver, Colorado.
In its latest update on Thursday, the NWS forecasts a “major freak storm” over the weekend with snow, strong winds and “dangerous” low temperatures. The weather will range from the northern Great Basin, a basin that includes Nevada, Utah, and parts of California, Idaho, Oregon, and Wyoming, to the northern Midwest, the Great Lakes, and the central and northern Appalachians. NWS stated there will be an “unprecedented dangerous cold air mass” By an Arctic front that will reach the Ohio and Tennessee valleys tonight.
Weather conditions are such that even a country like Canada accustomed to black and low winter temperatures is facing unusually extreme cold, with plenty of snow and winds, hitting the western provinces and expected to spread eastward in the coming hours.