2022-12-23 08:00:00
US President Joe Biden has urged Americans with travel plans for Christmas to “go now.” Because a monstrous winter storm, US weather experts speak of one bomb cyclone (in German: “Bomben-Zyklone” or “Bombbogenese”), is currently covering large parts of Canada and the USA with snow and freezing temperatures.
In the states of Montana, South Dakota and Wyoming, National Weather Service, the national weather service, has already measured values around minus 45 degrees Celsius. The extreme weather is making highways impassable and causing airlines to cancel thousands of flights.
“If you have all your travel plans, go now. It’s not a joke,” Biden said Thursday at the White House, where advisers briefed him about the extreme winter weather. Travelers could still gain some time and anticipate the peak of the extreme weather. “I tell my staff that if they have plans, they should leave tonight or tomorrow. You can talk to me on the phone, it’s not a matter of life and death. But it will be if they don’t go.”
According to the American Automobile Association (AAA) estimated nearly 113 million people will travel at least 50 miles (about 80 kilometers) by Jan. 2.
More than 7000 flights have already been cancelled
There were power outages in more than 25 states, from Maine on the Canadian border to Texas on the Mexican border. The Tennessee Valley Authority, which supplies electricity to several states, ordered power outages to meet demand as millions turned up their heaters in the cold.
Thousands of flights are canceled, according to the FlightAware website. The Amtrak rail company has also canceled train journeys in the Midwest and northern New England.
Not only does the storm bring loads of snow and freezing temperatures, but it’s also notable for its sheer size and wind speeds. Blizzard, Freeze and Flood Warnings and will cover the Central and Eastern United States, the Northern Rim and Deep South, and Canada.
Kansas City, USA: Firefighters rescue a car that crashed into a river. The Arctic storm has unleashed chaos across much of the country.
(Photo: Nick Wagner/dpa)
There are severe temperature fluctuations: in New York City, it was 13 degrees Celsius at sunrise. A temperature of around minus twelve degrees Celsius is predicted for 10 p.m. (local time). More than 200 million Americans — about 60 percent of the country — were warned of extreme weather on Friday, according to the National Weather Service. Heavy snowfall is expected in the Great Lakes region of the Canadian border and parts of northern New York and New England.
The cold has spread across the broad plains of the Midwest and south to Texas and is likely to set nearly 80 records nationwide — mostly in the low daily highs — according to Marc Chenard, a senior meteorologist at the Weather Prediction Center. In some places, the wind chill, the perceived coldness of the wind, could drop to minus 65 degrees Celsius, which can be deadly for people and animals.
Western Canada is also getting extremely cold
According to data from Environment and Climate Change Canada There is also an extreme cold warning for Western Canada. Across the country, winter storm warnings have been issued in Ontario, Quebec and the Maritime Provinces. In Toronto, the country’s most populous city, meteorologists are warning of severe frost, strong winds and up to 15 centimeters of snow by Saturday morning.
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