{"id":531178,"date":"2022-12-24T23:52:42","date_gmt":"2022-12-24T20:52:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/deadly-winter-blizzard-leaves-us-in-pre-christmas-deep-freeze\/"},"modified":"2022-12-24T23:52:42","modified_gmt":"2022-12-24T20:52:42","slug":"deadly-winter-blizzard-leaves-us-in-pre-christmas-deep-freeze","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/deadly-winter-blizzard-leaves-us-in-pre-christmas-deep-freeze\/","title":{"rendered":"#Deadly winter blizzard leaves US in pre-Christmas deep freeze"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_85 counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-custom ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\" style=\"cursor:inherit\">Table of Contents<\/p>\n<label for=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a3664bccb0ce\" class=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-label\"><span class=\"\"><span class=\"eztoc-hide\" style=\"display:none;\">Toggle<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-icon-toggle-span\"><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" class=\"list-377408\" width=\"20px\" height=\"20px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\"><path d=\"M6 6H4v2h2V6zm14 0H8v2h12V6zM4 11h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2zM4 16h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2z\" fill=\"currentColor\"><\/path><\/svg><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" class=\"arrow-unsorted-368013\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"10px\" height=\"10px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" version=\"1.2\" baseProfile=\"tiny\"><path d=\"M18.2 9.3l-6.2-6.3-6.2 6.3c-.2.2-.3.4-.3.7s.1.5.3.7c.2.2.4.3.7.3h11c.3 0 .5-.1.7-.3.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7zM5.8 14.7l6.2 6.3 6.2-6.3c.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7c-.2-.2-.4-.3-.7-.3h-11c-.3 0-.5.1-.7.3-.2.2-.3.5-.3.7s.1.5.3.7z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/span><\/label><input type=\"checkbox\"  id=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a3664bccb0ce\" checked aria-label=\"Toggle\" \/><nav><ul class='ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1 ' ><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-1'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/deadly-winter-blizzard-leaves-us-in-pre-christmas-deep-freeze\/#%E2%80%9CDeadly_winter_blizzard_leaves_US_in_pre-Christmas_deep_freeze%E2%80%9D\" >&#8220;Deadly winter blizzard leaves US in pre-Christmas deep freeze&#8221;<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<h1><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"%E2%80%9CDeadly_winter_blizzard_leaves_US_in_pre-Christmas_deep_freeze%E2%80%9D\"><\/span>&#8220;Deadly winter blizzard leaves US in pre-Christmas deep freeze&#8221;<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h1>\n<div>\n<div class=\"article-gallery lightGallery\">\n<div data-thumb=\"https:\/\/scx1.b-cdn.net\/csz\/news\/tmb\/2022\/ice-adorns-a-fountain.jpg\" data-src=\"https:\/\/scx2.b-cdn.net\/gfx\/news\/2022\/ice-adorns-a-fountain.jpg\" data-sub-html=\"Ice adorns a fountain in Charleston, South Carolina, on December 24, 2022, as a deadly winter storm blanketed much of the United States with frigid temperatures, fierce winds and blinding snow.\">\n<figure class=\"article-img\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/scx1.b-cdn.net\/csz\/news\/800a\/2022\/ice-adorns-a-fountain.jpg\" alt=\"Ice adorns a fountain in Charleston, South Carolina, on December 24, 2022, as a deadly winter storm blanketed much of the United\" title=\"Ice adorns a fountain in Charleston, South Carolina, on December 24, 2022, as a deadly winter storm blanketed much of the United States with frigid temperatures, fierce winds and blinding snow.\" width=\"800\" height=\"530\"\/><figcaption class=\"text-darken text-low-up text-truncate-js text-truncate mt-3\">\n                Ice adorns a fountain in Charleston, South Carolina, on December 24, 2022, as a deadly winter storm blanketed much of the United States with frigid temperatures, fierce winds and blinding snow.<br \/>\n            <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>A fearsome winter storm that pummelled the United States with blinding snow and powerful Arctic winds left about a million customers without power Saturday as thousands of cancelled flights stranded <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/trip-and-travel\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"10\" title=\"Trip &amp; Travel\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">travel<\/a>ers making last-minute dashes for Christmas.<\/p>\n<section class=\"article-banner first-banner ads-336x280\"><!-- \/4988204\/Phys_Story_InText_Box --><br \/>\n      <\/section>\n<p>At least 17 weather-related deaths have been confirmed across eight states as heavy snow, howling winds and dangerously frigid temperatures kept much of the nation, including the normally temperate south, in a frozen grip for a third straight day.<\/p>\n<p>The &#8220;bomb cyclone&#8221; winter storm, one of the fiercest in decades, had already forced the cancellation of 2,300 US flights on Saturday and the delay of 5,300 more, a day after nearly 6,000 were scr<a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/download-scripts-themes-apps\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"9\" title=\"Download Scripts &amp; Themes &amp; Apps\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">app<\/a>ed, according to tracking website Flightaware.com.<\/p>\n<p>Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg tweeted Saturday that &#8220;the most extreme disruptions are behind us as airline and airport operations gradually recover&#8221;\u2014words that travelers stranded at airports including Atlanta, Chicago, Denver, Detroit and New York were holding on to. <\/p>\n<p>New York City resident Zack Cuyler, whose flight home to Houston on December 22 has been postponed then cancelled twice this week already, was &#8220;pretty steamed&#8221; about the chaos.<\/p>\n<p>The 35-year-old now hopes to reach his loved ones by December 25. &#8220;I&#8217;m just glad I&#8217;ll get to see my family for Christmas,&#8221; he told AFP.<\/p>\n<div class=\"article-gallery lightGallery\">\n<div data-thumb=\"https:\/\/scx1.b-cdn.net\/csz\/news\/tmb\/2022\/antonio-smothers-jump-1.jpg\" data-src=\"https:\/\/scx2.b-cdn.net\/gfx\/news\/2022\/antonio-smothers-jump-1.jpg\" data-sub-html=\"Antonio Smothers jump-starts his vehicle as a major winter storm moves through Nashville, Tennessee on December 23, 2022.\">\n<figure class=\"article-img text-center\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/scx1.b-cdn.net\/csz\/news\/800a\/2022\/antonio-smothers-jump-1.jpg\" alt=\"Antonio Smothers jump-starts his vehicle as a major winter storm moves through Nashville, Tennessee on December 23, 2022\" title=\"Antonio Smothers jump-starts his vehicle as a major winter storm moves through Nashville, Tennessee on December 23, 2022.\"\/><figcaption class=\"text-left text-darken text-truncate text-low-up mt-3\">\n                Antonio Smothers jump-starts his vehicle as a major winter storm moves through Nashville, Tennessee on December 23, 2022.<br \/>\n            <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>In hard-hit New York state, Governor Kathy Hochul deployed the National Guard to Erie County and its main city Buffalo, where authorities said emergency services have essentially collapsed in the face of extreme blizzard conditions.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;There are still likely hundreds of people still stuck in vehicles,&#8221; Erie County Executive Mark Poloncarz said early Saturday, adding that the National Guard was being sent &#8220;right into the city of Buffalo for these life-threatening rescues.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Road ice and white-out conditions also led to the closure of some of the nation&#8217;s busiest transport routes, including the cross-country Interstate 70, parts of which were temporarily shut down in Colorado and Kansas.<\/p>\n<p>The National Weather Service warned about lethal conditions and urged residents in affected areas to remain indoors. On Friday, it said wind chills had sent temperatures plunging to -55 Fahrenheit (-48 Celsius).<\/p>\n<p>The biting cold is an im<a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/social-mediaa\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"1\" title=\"Social Media\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">media<\/a>te concern for the roughly one million electricity customers who were still without power as of 1830 GMT Saturday, according to tracker poweroutage.us.<\/p>\n<p>Some cities, including in the state of North Carolina, began implementing rolling blackouts due to high power demand, in some cases leaving people unable to safely heat their homes.<\/p>\n<div class=\"article-gallery lightGallery\">\n<div data-thumb=\"https:\/\/scx1.b-cdn.net\/csz\/news\/tmb\/2022\/passengers-queue-up-to-3.jpg\" data-src=\"https:\/\/scx2.b-cdn.net\/gfx\/news\/2022\/passengers-queue-up-to-3.jpg\" data-sub-html=\"Passengers queue up to go through security at Detroit Metro Airport in Romulus, Michigan.\">\n<figure class=\"article-img text-center\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/scx1.b-cdn.net\/csz\/news\/800a\/2022\/passengers-queue-up-to-3.jpg\" alt=\"Passengers queue up to go through security at Detroit Metro Airport in Romulus, Michigan\" title=\"Passengers queue up to go through security at Detroit Metro Airport in Romulus, Michigan.\"\/><figcaption class=\"text-left text-darken text-truncate text-low-up mt-3\">\n                Passengers queue up to go through security at Detroit Metro Airport in Romulus, Michigan.<br \/>\n            <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><b>Frustration growing<\/b><\/p>\n<p>In El Paso, Texas, desperate migrants who had crossed from Mexico huddled for warmth in churches, schools and a civic center, Rosa Falcon, a school teacher and volunteer told AFP.<\/p>\n<p>But some still chose to stay outside in frigid temperatures because they feared attention from immigration authorities, she added.<\/p>\n<p>In Chicago, Burke Patten of Night Ministry, a nonprofit dedicated to helping the homeless, said, &#8220;We&#8217;ve been handing out cold weather gear, including coats, hats, gloves, thermal underwear, blankets and sleeping bags, along with hand and foot warmers.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>The National Weather Service forecast that dangerously cold conditions would continue throughout the central and eastern United States over the weekend before temperatures returned to more normal seasonal weather next week.<\/p>\n<p>In Canada some were taking the biting cold in their stride, including stoic last-minute holiday shoppers in downtown Toronto.<\/p>\n<div class=\"article-gallery lightGallery\">\n<div data-thumb=\"https:\/\/scx1.b-cdn.net\/csz\/news\/tmb\/2022\/an-outreach-worker-del.jpg\" data-src=\"https:\/\/scx2.b-cdn.net\/gfx\/news\/2022\/an-outreach-worker-del.jpg\" data-sub-html=\"An outreach worker delivers supplies to people living in a homeless camp on December 23, 2022 in Louisville, Kentucky, as a major storm hammers US communities with temperatures 40 degrees below average ahead of the Christmas holiday.\">\n<figure class=\"article-img text-center\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/scx1.b-cdn.net\/csz\/news\/800a\/2022\/an-outreach-worker-del.jpg\" alt=\"An outreach worker delivers supplies to people living in a homeless camp on December 23, 2022 in Louisville, Kentucky, as a majo\" title=\"An outreach worker delivers supplies to people living in a homeless camp on December 23, 2022 in Louisville, Kentucky, as a major storm hammers US communities with temperatures 40 degrees below average ahead of the Christmas holiday.\"\/><figcaption class=\"text-left text-darken text-truncate text-low-up mt-3\">\n                An outreach worker delivers supplies to people living in a homeless camp on December 23, 2022 in Louisville, Kentucky, as a major storm hammers US communities with temperatures 40 degrees below average ahead of the Christmas holiday.<br \/>\n            <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>Canadian provinces have nonetheless issued severe weather warnings. Hundreds of thousands were left without power in Ontario and Quebec, while many flights were cancelled at airports in Vancouver, Toronto and Montreal.<\/p>\n<p>Passengers on several stalled trains in Ontario say they have been in the rail cars for up to 18 hours due to extreme weather conditions, including University of Ottawa student Darcy Pyrell who told CP24 of having a thermos of macaroni and cheese for dinner Friday\u2014and nothing since.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;A four-hour trip is now 18 hours long,&#8221; rider Lucy Ellis told the Toronto Star. &#8220;All of us are just very tired. I slept on the floor for an hour, frustration is just growing.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><b>Flooding, fierce winds<\/b><\/p>\n<p>In the US, transportation departments in several plains states reported near-zero visibility whiteouts, ice-covered roads and blizzard conditions, and strongly urged residents to stay home.<\/p>\n<p>Drivers were being warned not to take to the roads\u2014even as the nation reached what is usually its busiest time of year for travel.<\/p>\n<div class=\"article-gallery lightGallery\">\n<div data-thumb=\"https:\/\/scx1.b-cdn.net\/csz\/news\/tmb\/2022\/formation-of-a-quotbom-1.jpg\" data-src=\"https:\/\/scx2.b-cdn.net\/gfx\/news\/2022\/formation-of-a-quotbom-1.jpg\" data-sub-html=\"Explainer showing the formation of a bomb cyclone: an intense storm with a low-pressure center which can cause blizzards, severe thunderstorms and heavy precipitation.\">\n<figure class=\"article-img text-center\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/scx1.b-cdn.net\/csz\/news\/800a\/2022\/formation-of-a-quotbom-1.jpg\" alt=\"Formation of a &amp;quot;bomb cyclone&amp;quot;\" title=\"Explainer showing the formation of a bomb cyclone: an intense storm with a low-pressure center which can cause blizzards, severe thunderstorms and heavy precipitation.\"\/><figcaption class=\"text-left text-darken text-truncate text-low-up mt-3\">\n                Explainer showing the formation of a bomb cyclone: an intense storm with a low-pressure center which can cause blizzards, severe thunderstorms and heavy precipitation.<br \/>\n            <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>By Friday afternoon, the storm had acquired the status of &#8220;bomb cyclone&#8221; after air pressure dropped precipitously over 24 hours.<\/p>\n<p>Bomb cyclones produce heavy rain or snow. 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