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VIDEO – More than 60 million people are in the path of the storm, which will sweep the country from the center to the east with arctic air.
A dangerous winter storm has been hitting the central United States since Sunday. More than 60 million people are in the path of the storm, which will sweep the country from the center to the east with arctic air. The National Weather Service (NWS) warned of the risk of ice, snow and high winds from western Kansas to the coastal states of Maryland, Delaware and Virginia.
A state of emergency has been declared in Virginia, Missouri and Kentucky. The governors of these states called on social networks for residents to stay at home. Roads can become dangerous, warns the NWS in its latest bulletin, specifying to expect “destructive frost and freezing rains».
Polar temperatures
The National Weather Service warned that some areas would experience their “heaviest snowfall in ten yearss”. Some locations in the eastern states of New York and Pennsylvania will experience heavy snow from the Great Lakes, which could total 61 centimeters.
Temperatures are expected to plunge, in some places, to -18°C, with strong gusts of wind worsening the situation. The possibility of freezing rain also worries authorities, due to its potential impact on roads and the power grid. Severe thunderstorms are also expected in the Lower Mississippi Valley.
