He Meteorologic service The American had already planned a snowy Christmas several days in advance. During Tuesdays and Wednesdays the The Weather Channel which named a new winter storm as ‘Harold’, this phenomenon has recorded strong ventiscas (blizzards) in much of the north and northeast of the United States.
This windy effect, from Wednesday to Thursday, December 24, made travel dangerous in the states of the Dakotas, Minnesota, Iowa and Nebraska. The great winter storm also brought heavy snowfall for an all-white Christmas in much of the East. Throughout his ‘Harold’ journey, he unleashed arctic air that resulted in widespread icy cold and snowflakes that reached parts of downtown as far north as Michigan, Maine and New Hampshire.
Main effects and damages associated with ‘Harold’
He Intense cold, winds that give rise to intense blizzards, even severe thunderstorms in some mountainous regions, heavy snowfall, were the main effects that this superstorm is leaving in its wake. Unlike the past powerful blizzard ‘Gail’, the presence of sleet and freezing rain was much less with ‘Harold’.
Intense winds were one of the main concerns, as gusts reached 80 km / h (50 mph), this resulted in power outages in thousands of homes from Pennsylvania to Maine. According to a report from several electricity companies, around 300,000 people across the region woke up in the dark on Christmas morning.
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— Justin Frantzen (@JustinFrantzen8) December 23, 2020
Currently, the winter storm is heading off the northeast coast, but in its wake it left hundreds of car crashes on interstates and the cancellation of several flights. So far we have the report of three people who lost their lives were killed in a collision on I-80 in Nebraska.
In some northern areas they fell from 4 to 8 inches of snow overallfrom the mountains of northwestern North Carolina to the shores of Lake Erie. While Pittsburgh reported 4 inches of fresh snow on Friday morning, making it the snowiest Christmas in town in 85 yearsthe local Weather Service office in Pittsburgh reported.
In regions further southeast in states such as Florida, the cold environment is expected to last during the weekend. The fall of iguanas from the trees could be one of the indicatorsBecause these reptiles are cold-blooded, they become immobile when temperatures drop.
An indicator #meteorological in the #Florida USA, is that when there is sudden cooling in the #room temperature the #iguanas fall from the trees, these animals, although they do not die, remain immobile by the extreme cold
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# winter2020 pic.twitter.com/7O7glcZ8Ck— Ursula Pamela Garcia (@ursupam) December 26, 2020
Some recommendations
At Meteored we recommend that you stay away from the roads during snowstorms and Stay in a refugee if you live in a place where it is extremely cold since this condition favors the increase in cases of colds (flu) and Covid-19. According to health experts, the number of infections has recently skyrocketed during the beginning of this cold season.
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