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Yesterday morning, more than 110 million Americans woke up to a maximum snow alert across the entire east coast of the country, from the southern Great Lakes to New England. The storm left snowfall in its wake across northern Illinois and central Indiana, blocking several routes.
What followed were closed airports, canceled flights, schools without classes and vehicles stalled by the first white mattresses of the first significant snowfall of 2021. In addition, the vaccination schedule must be rescheduled in several cities that are in the alert zone. For at least three days, starting today, it will grow stronger and it will take time to leave the continental zone.
The snowfall will fall in periodic bursts in Washington, Philadelphia, New York and Boston, gradually sliding from the southwest to the northeast. The official account of the Climate Prediction Center of the United States National Meteorological Service reported a few hours ago that “uncertainty prevails, but that many variables point to a massive Arctic air heading south, bringing temperatures below normal. ”.
New York City and surrounding areas will be hit by “major to extreme” winter storms at least through Tuesday due tomorrow, with a 12 to 18-inch snow forecast and wind gusts to anchor in the range of 72-80 kilometers per hour. In New York, it is expected that today 2.5 to 7 centimeters of snowflakes fall per hour. The mayor of the city, Warren Wilhem de Blasio Jr asked the residents to stay home, as the worst is expected for Tuesday.
Anticipating gusts of wind and coastal flooding, the governor of the state, Andrew Cuomo, alerted all the agencies so that they prepare to give emergency responses. Public transportation is not running and major blackouts and power outages are expected. This advance of the cold front could break the undefeated that Washington, the capital of the country, has of 709 days without a snowfall that exceeds 2.5 centimeters per hour. The entire east coast of the United States is on alert and the Emergency Operations Center has already been activated.
Source: Profile
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