Arctic cold wave in the United States: at least 5 dead

About 212 million people, or 72% of the US population, will experience a drop in temperatures below zero in the coming days. They canceled more than 1500 flights from Chicago's airports

The extreme cold storm that has already left at least 5 dead this week in the United States Today, typical temperatures of the North Pole in the west-central country, where cities like Duluth, Minnesota, suffer from a thermal sensation 58 degrees Fahrenheit below zero (-50 degrees Celsius).

The cold wave that has arrived today and will continue over the next few hours has paralyzed major cities in the region, recording minimum temperatures of 20 degrees Fahrenheit below zero (-28 degrees Celsius), as Chicago, where live 2.7 million people.

"These are very dangerous conditions and can cause freezing of the exposed skin in just five minutes when the values ​​of the thermal sensation are by below -50"Warn the National Meteorological Service." The best thing to do is to limit your time to the outside. "

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But you are low temperatures they are aggravated by the wind, which further reduces the thermal sensation to 50 degrees below zero (-46 degrees Celsius), in the third most populous city in the United States.

J.B. Pritzker, the governor of Illinois, where he is Chicagosaid Tuesday a disaster zone in anticipation of the "serious threat to health" posed by these "potentially historic temperatures".

In some parts of the state, lower temperatures have been recorded compared to Alaska, and at the international airport of O & # 39; Hare there were thermal sensations of 50 degrees Fahrenheit below zero (-46 degrees Celsius).

At this airport, 1,325 flights were canceled, while in neighboring countries In the middle of the figure was 326, according to data from the Department of Chicago Aviation, city that should be the epicenter of this cold snap, which can cause an almost instant freeze.

The postal service and the traffic by several sections of railway lines have also had to be suspended today in the region because of the intense cold.

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In the same state of Illinois, Westchester City police jokingly asked the city's criminals to stay home because it was "too cold to commit crimes"

The cold has even forced to suspend the postal service in a vast region.

Many normal activities were suspended and residents were kept at home, while The National Meteorological Service predicted a collapse in temperatures because of one of the largest mbades of cold air over the years. The intense cold results from a division of the polar vortex that allowed temperatures to drop further south than normal.

A 70-year-old man appeared to be frozen in Detroit today, local police said, without specifying how far the cold had touched the city of Michigan, with a thermal sensation of about 20 degrees Fahrenheit beneath it. zero (-30 degrees Celsius), C was the cause of death.

His death is added to that of a man who died last weekend in Minnesota for not being able to enter his home because he lost the keys, to three other people in road accidents caused by the weather conditions and by an individual. Milwaukee who fell while he was shoveling snow.

Source: www.infobae.com