Days pass and Chicago continues to be extremely cold
. When there is an alert for very low temperatures, a strange measure is resorted to Solve the situation and problem with trains due to snow on the tracks.This past Wednesday, The National Weather Service (NWS) has issued a low temperature warning What is happening and what may happen in the coming days in Chicago as well as in 25 other states. They claim there are already more than 100 million residents affected.
But that’s not all, because they also expect Another winter storm And so there is concern about what will happen soon.
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Extreme cold weather in Chicago caused mechanical problems on the railroad tracks and led to a measure to restore normal operation of the service. In fact, trains making the Milwaukee District-North and West routes were blocked.
What did they do then? They decided to set the track on fire to raise the temperature and defrost it. In this way, the trains were able to continue the route without the earlier problems due to the cold.
The temperature is extreme and several measures have been taken because of it.
“Steel will react to cold weather, and that’s something we can’t really control. So cold temperatures, snow, wind, ice, it all adds up and We will cause problems with broken rails and migration
. And sometimes, just like your car won’t start because of cold weather, the same thing happens with our trains,” Metra spokeswoman Martha Hill said, according to evidence gathered by the 20 Minutes portal.
On the other hand, it is expected that winter temperatures in the east will return to near normal after this cold front, though Heavy snowfall continues in Maine, Mississippi and upstate New York.
Cold threatens Chicago.
On the other hand, there are snow travelers ahead of the NWS for the Northwest “More than 60,000 users spent the night without power supply due to fallen cables.“, highlights the portal above.
This past Wednesday, images of extreme weather in Chicago went viral and caused a backlash on social networks as they compared the city to a horror movie.
“This is so crazy. This is a disaster,” one resident told the Fox 32 Network about conditions in the area during the harsh winter.
Winters are very harsh in some regions of the United States.
Regarding fog, experts suggest that the famous ‘sea fog’ has formed, a type of fog that forms when very cold air moves over warm water.
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