Texas, United States.
A lot of United Statess is still whipped by a winter storm “Unprecedented” at the same time arctic winds collapse the temperature generating hundreds of flight cancellations, Danger in traffic and a large power outage in Texas.
The governor of Texas (for sure) Greg Abbott issued a disaster statement for the state and the National Meteorological Service (NWS) warned that more than 150 million Americans will be subject to alerts winter storms.
The NWS described the conditions as “one dangerous winter climate area which is expansive and unprecedented “of coast to coast, Which will register low temperatures which will be record.
Abott urge “to all jeans a stay alertin front of a climate extremely hard “.
the Storm Uri leaves at least nine dead nationwide, including three victims in North Carolina on un tornado devastating Brunswick County, destroying homes and tearing down power lines this morning.
Two people died in Texas and a 10-year-old boy died when he fell into a pond and drowned in Tennessee.
more than 4.7 million of people had lost andl electricity supplyor, according to PowerOutage.US and the temperatures in Houston they fell to -9 degrees Celsius.
The presidentand Joe Biden issued a statement from emergency for Texas on Sunday, by means of which the federal aid to the state efforts.
The cold front came by Canada and got even the northern Mexicoor, where a blackout had the Monday without electricity a unes 400,000 people.
Much of United Statess has been affected by cold temperatures for days, with about half of its citizens now under some sort of winter weather alert.
Airports closed in Texas
the temperatures they have gone down across the country, and only a few areas in the southeast and southwest have dodged.
the cold wave has caused fsnowy orchards i ice storms which have led to an increase in electricity demand and power outages.
the ice on the roadsace was the cause of several fatal accidents, including a crash of more than a hundred cars in Texas last week he left at least 06:00 dead.
the international airport which serves to Austin, capital of Texas, Announced the cancellation dand all flys because of the “historical time” and the George Bush Intercontinental of Houston it was also Closed.
“More than 150 million Americans“They are currently under different types of warnings dand winter and gall stormsor, as well as frost and extreme temperatures, the NWS said.
“This is an impressive attack bad winter weatherl in much of the lower 48 (states) is due to the combination of a strong high arctic pressure que supplies sub-zero temperatures and a band of active storm which drags precipitation waves “.
At least six states – Alabama, Oregon, Oklahoma, Kansas, Kentucky and Mississippi – have declared climate-related emergencies, CNN reported.
They predict more snowfall
The NWS has warned that “hundreds of daily maximum and minimum temperatures have been broken or will be broken during this prolongation ‘Polar Dive’, cwhere some records of low February temperatures and even of all time in danger “.
see: Images of the Uri storm freezing much of the US
In a large area known as the Plans of hisr, which covers parts of Texas, Oklahoma and Kansas, temperatures are expected to drop to 8 degrees Celsius pgold below the typical forecasts for this time of year.
The NWS added that one was expectedthe 30-centimeter snowfalls from the valley of Ohio and the Great Lakes (Midwest) to New England (east).
Florida will remain the warmest place in the continental territory of United States, With highs above normal and temperatures that will generally hover around 27 degrees.