Foreign Media: More than 200 million people received weather warnings as powerful winter storm hits US – yqqlm

Reference News Network reported on December 24 that, according to a report on Singapore’s “Lianhe Zaobao” website, a powerful Arctic storm hit the United States on December 24. Large areas of Canada were also affected by the forced cancellation of festive gatherings.

According to reports, more than 200 million people have received weather warnings from North American coastal states on the US-Mexico border in South and Florida, and 1.5 million people are without electricity.

According to reports, affected by bad weather, there have been many traffic accidents in the United States in recent days. On the 23rd local time, a series of 50 vehicles collided in Ohio, killing two people.

According to reports, an ice storm occurred in the Northwest Pacific side of the United States, and the roads were covered with thick ice, in Seattle, Portland and other places, some people went out on roller skates.

Eastern states are said to be worse off. In North Carolina, approximately 175,000 people were without electricity, and in Virginia, 152,000 people were without electricity. Other hard-hit states included Maine, Tennessee, New York and Pennsylvania. Meanwhile, there have been approximately 340,000 power outages in Canada, most of them in Quebec.

According to another report, airlines canceled more than 5,000 US flights on the 23rd. Tens of thousands of travelers had their vacation trips cut short as a massive winter storm disrupted airport operations across the United States.

According to weather forecasts, the scale of this winter storm is unprecedented and approximately 60% of Americans are under some sort of winter weather alert or warning. Temperatures plummeted to -57C in some areas. Experts warn that exposure to such low temperatures for 5-10 minutes can cause frostbite.