USA: Temperatures expected to rise gradually after deadly blizzard – More than 60 dead

The USA they are at the mercy of killing blizzard which has claimed the lives of more than 60 people and according to the meteorological services a gradual rise in temperature The following days.

“It’s still snowing. But this is not nothing compared to what happened in the last few dayssaid the meteorologist Bob Oravets. “These are probably the last snows”, according to Oravets, who assures that the temperature will rise gradually: “From Thursday it will rise to 8°C and on Saturday it will reach 12°C». It was still bitterly cold in many parts of New York today, with the mercury reading -2°C.

Across the country, at least 60 people died in incidents related to the severe wave of bad weather of the previous days, according to the NBC News network. Buffalo, the second largest city in the state of New York, found itself “in the eye of the cyclone”. Gov. Kathy Hokul spoke of “epic” bad weather, unprecedented in decades.

Satellite image of the track of severe weather in the US

According to the New York Times, more than 30 deaths due to the severe weather have been reported in Erie and Niagara counties. Some victims were trapped in their cars for hours, others suffered heart attacks trying to shovel snow. Erie County has warned residents that exhaustion from shoveling snow can cause back injuries or even a heart attack.

Source: News Beast

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