These images are both beautiful and frightening. In Hamburg, New York, a whole district who faces the Lake Erie, found himself frozen under the ice. Stalactites of ice, icicles welding doors and windows and snow transformed into snowdrifts give a look to the houses that one would think out of the Snow Queen. look at her video to see the awesome pictures of this city completely at a standstill, forcing the inhabitants to remain cloistered at home.
> To read also: Frozen: tourists flock to Arendelle
Lake effect blew over a city in upstate New York
Last week, icy winds blew through part of New York State. The temperatures dropped below -6 ° C and snow also fell. Result? The residents met trapped under tens of centimeters of snow, transformed into ice strong and thick. “To get out, I had to use a door at the back”, explains Ed Mis, interviewed by ABC10. Some explained that they used a burin and a hammer to break the ice that welded the joints of the doors.
> To read also: “Ice pancakes” observed in Scotland: a rare phenomenon that surprises
A whole neighborhood finds itself frozen under ice and solidified snow
“This is our sixth storm in just a few months, and now it’s starting to weigh on everyone”. Since Thursday snow had accumulated in the city and Friday, when the very cold winds from Lake Erie blew, they totally froze the snow. A blizzard appeared on Friday, which didn’t help matters. They are victims of a meteorological phenomenon called thelake effect. It occurs especially over the great lakes between Canada and the United States. Strong, cold winds sweep the lake in one direction and by condensation, clouds form and turn to snow, by the time the cloud reaches the other side of the lake. Unfortunately, it is the people across the lake who have to deal with the terrible snowfall.
> To read also: Russian authorities accused of painting snow white to hide pollution
Credit: John Kucko, AP
–
