From Le Figaro with AFP
Published 1 hour ago, updated 1 hour ago
Snowy day in New York, November 29, 2018. deberarr / stock.adobe.com
On the country's northeast coast, 25 million residents are at risk of heavy snowfall and freezing rain this weekend.
White Alert for New York: The weather services for the northeastern US issued a winter weather warning on Friday, January 5th – a cocktail of snow and freezing rain that could fall on 25 million residents in the coming days.
A “Winter Storm Warning” is in effect for the entire weekend, from Friday evening to Sunday evening. Rain, snow, ice and icy precipitation is expected on the roads, with possible power outages, uprooted trees and potential chaos for road, rail and air transport.
The metropolis of New York and its 8.5 million residents have not experienced significant snowfall for almost two years and the winter of 2022, when the “blizzard of the century” and more than a meter of snow in the vast state of New York caused dozens of deaths.
The National Weather Service (NWS) warned that travel from Boston to Washington this weekend along the busy I-95 highway corridor “could be nearly impossible,” the National Weather Service (NWS) warned, as millions of the region's residents are currently affected by have returned to their end. year holiday break.
“Winter Storm”
Up to a foot of snow could accumulate in the “capital” of New England, the large historic city of Boston and corners of the states of Massachusetts and Connecticut. However, the NWS warned of “uncertainty regarding the exact path and intensity of the winter storm.”
This did not stop New York State Governor Kathy Hochul from taking precautions and issuing an “emergency” bulletin calling on New Yorkers to be “vigilant.”
In the United States and the rest of the world, the frequency, intensity, and unpredictability of summer and winter weather are increasing due to climate change.
On September 1, 2021, Storm Ida surprised New York and the region, causing flooding to kill around forty people, some drowning in the basement of their homes.
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