United States below freezing: Extreme temperatures continue and cities like Chicago, New York and Washington have heavy snowfall warnings

In about two-thirds USA Citizens woke up with this Thursday Below zero temperature And is on the alert for that Another winter storm This week will bring it Heavy snowfall In cities like Chicago, New York and Washington.

The National Weather Service (NWS) indicated that they are expected Heavy freezing rain In parts of the region CascadeIn the west, with snow accumulations that can be reached 60 centimeters.

The agency has predicted that the storm will move towards the center Mississippi Valley

And that snowfall will extend from north central plains to Madhya Pradesh Great Lakes and beaches Atlantic.

Extreme cold during the last week with a thermal sensation of 57 degrees Celsius below zeroThere have been several spills and other damage in the oil fields of North DakotaAccording to the newspaper Bismarck Tribune.

in the city of NY The morning temperature was three degrees Celsius, with a wind chill of eight below zero and Montpellier (Vermont) The thermometer read eight below zero and the wind chill was 13 below zero with the wind.

in Washington DC.The federal government returned to normality this Thursday, after suspending activities on Thursday due to a holiday and weather conditions on Tuesday and partial reactivation on Wednesday.

This Icy wave Which is also affecting the country Chicago, Illinois, where temperatures dropped to 20 degrees below zero in the past few hours. Local meteorologists indicated that the city will receive two rounds of snow this Thursday.

A storm, which is a weather chain El Canal del Clima Baptized as ‘Indigo’Streets covered with snow Portland (Oregon) and knocked out power to more than 70,000 users Wednesday evening, according to the platform. PowerOutage.us.

in Lincoln (Nebraska), this Thursday’s weather report shows temperatures 14 Celsius below zerowith a thermal sensitivity of 11 degrees below zero And A 80% Chance of snow.

in Detroit (Michigan), the day began with a temperature of minus four degrees Celsius and the NWS predicted snow accumulation until 90 centimeters in the region

The NWS has also issued a severe winter conditions advisory for the Southeast Ohio and northwest W.V.While heavy snowfall is expected from Thursday evening to Friday morning.

Snowfall is also forecast for a prolonged period in the region Pittsburgh (Pennsylvania) that could disrupt road cleaning trucks and morning traffic on Friday.

Low temperatures have caused problems for owners and users of electric cars, of which 1.2 million units were sold in the United States last year, an unprecedented number.

platform Recurringwhich specializes in batteries, suggests that when the mercury is below zero, the distance traveled by 18 popular models of electric cars is reduced by 30%.

In total, weather conditions affect about 65 million Americans And, from Oregon to Arkansas and Wyoming to Maine, authorities have reported at least 30 deaths Related to the weather.

(with information from EFE)