According to the National Weather Service (NWS), 50.2 percent of the country had snow on the ground Tuesday morning. Even the southmost Hawaii was hit by the cold snap, bringing the temperature at Mauna Kea on the Big Island down to zero degree Celsius.
This round of arctic cold air is extremely stronger than normal and it is highly unusual for this time of the year and is much more reminiscent of a pattern forecasters would expect to see in January or February, not November.
The NWS said that Tuesday was the coldest November morning since 1976. The average overnight low for the Lower 48 states was minus 6 degrees Celsius. It predicted that another surge of arctic cold air is likely by Wednesday to Thursday in the Midwest and Northeast. The Southeast could see record lows Wednesday morning as temperatures drop into minus 5 degrees.
Some areas in Pennsylvania and other mideastern states have seen heavy snowfall while thunder and lightning have also been reported there. Influenced by the snow, some regions have carried out emergency measures, including travel ban, school closure, as well as vehicle tire-chain installation and use of snow-fighting equipment.
The US National Guard has been called in, bringing along motorized equipment that can be used for snow clearing and trucks tow.
Xinhua - globaltimes.cn
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At least four killed in US snowstorm ...
ReplyDeleteThe deaths of at least four people in New York on Tuesday were blamed on brutal thunder snow that has battered parts of the U.S. east coast since last weekend.
Three of the victims died from heart attacks and one during a vehicle accident, from a lake-effect storm reinforced with heavy snowfall in Erie County, N.Y., local TV channel WKBW reported.
A state of emergency has been declared in the county where the National Guard brought in heavy equipment to help disaster teams clear the snow and roadways.
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Deadly New York snowstorm kills five ...
ReplyDeleteAt least five people have died in New York after a huge storm dumped 5ft (1.5m) of snow in parts of the state.
The city of Buffalo was forecast to get 6ft (1.8m) later on Wednesday with another storm due to wreak more chaos.
The storm was blamed for five deaths in New York state - one in a car crash, one trapped in a car and three from heart attacks,.............http://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-30118783
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