Texas, United States.
A large part of United Statess is still beaten by one winter Storm “unprecedented” while arctic winds they collapsed the temperature generate hundreds flight cancellations, danger in traffic and a major power failure Texas.
The governor of Texas (sure) Greg Abbott issued a disaster statement for the state and the National Metereological Service (NWS) warned that more than 150 million Americans will be subject to warnings from winter storms.
The NWS described the conditions as “a dangerous winter weather area which is expansive and unprecedented “of coast to coast, which will record low temperatures that will be a record.
Abott urge ‘to all Texans a stay vigilantfor a climate extremely hard. “
The Uri storm leaves at least nine dead, including three victims, across the country North Carolina where a tornado it swept through Brunswick County and destroyed homes and power lines this morning.
Two other people died in Texas and a 10-year-old boy died after falling into a pond and drowning in it Tennessee.
More of 4.7 million of the people had lost andl nutritionor, according to PowerOutage.US and the temperatures in Houston dropped on -9 degrees Celsius.
The presidente Joe Biden has issued a statement of emergency for Texas on Sundays, making the federal aid to the state efforts.
The cold front passed Canada and even reached the northern Mexicoor where blacked out Monday without electricity for some 400,000 people.
A lot of United Statess has been affected by cold temperatures for days, now that about half of the residents are under some sort of winter weather alert.
Airports closed in Texas
The temperatures have declined across the country, and only a few areas in the southeast and southwest have declined avoided.
The cold wave has caused fheavy snow Y ice storms which have led to an increase in electricity demand and power outages.
The ice on the roadsThis was the cause of several fatal accidents, including a crash of more than a hundred cars in Texas At least you left last week six dead.
The international airport that serves Austin, capital of Texas, announced the cancellation de the whole flights because of “historical time” and the George Bush Intercontinental from Houston It was too Closed.
“More of 150 million Americans“are currently under different types of alerts de winter storms and bileor, as well as frost and extreme temperatures, the NWS said.
“This impressive attack of bad weather wintersl Much of the lower 48 (states) is due to a strong combination arctic high pressure qthose temperatures below freezing and a band of active storm which brings with it waves of precipitation ”.
At least six other states – Alabama, Oregon, Oklahoma, Kansas, Kentucky and Mississippi – have announced weather-related emergencies, CNN reported.
They predict more snowfall
The NWS warned that “hundreds daily maximum and minimum temperatures are or will be broken during this long time ‘polar dive’, cwith some low temperature records for February and even all-time in danger. “
See: Images of storm Uri freezing much of the US
In a large area known as the Plains of Sur, which includes parts of Texas, Oklahoma and Kansas, temperatures are expected to drop to 8 degrees Celsius por among typical forecasts for this time of year.
The NWS added that aa snowfall of 30 centimeterss from the valley of Ohio and the Great Lakes (Midwest) to New England (East).
Florida remains the hottest place on mainland U.S, with maximums above normal and temperatures generally around 27 degrees.