CNN reported a threat to 62 million Americans due to the predicted blizzard

The predicted powerful storm poses a threat to about 62 million American citizens in several states in the central and eastern part of the United States. CNN reported on January 3.

"A powerful winter storm, ready to drop a barrage of heavy snow, treacherous ice, rain and severe thunderstorms over a 1,300-mile (2,092-kilometer. - Ed.) strip of the United States, will affect about 62 million people from noon Saturday and until Monday (from January 4 to 5. - Ed.)," the publication said.

The publication noted that this storm will create dangerous conditions for millions of people from the Great Plains to the East Coast, including in areas for which uncharacteristic winter weather. Thus, the air masses will bring snow, ice, frost and winds up to 18 m/s to at least 12 U.S. states. Thunderstorms and rain may occur in warm regions. According to the channel, the storm will reach major cities on the East Coast on Monday, January 6.

In addition, the publication continued, blackouts due to snowstorms could have fatal consequences for some U.S. citizens and residents. Power grid repair crews may simply not be able to reach the damaged areas due to dangerous ice on the roads. In addition, people may be without electric heat on Tuesday, January 7, when temperatures in the eastern United States will drop 30 degrees below normal, the article emphasizes.

"For some, this could be the heaviest snowfall in more than a decade," warned the NOAA Weather Prediction Center.

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Earlier, on January 21, 2024, Izvestia correspondent Alexander Yakimenko said that in several states in the north of the United States due to thirty-degree frosts, not typical for this area, there was a collapse on the roads, public transport began to work with interruptions. As the journalist noted, people have to resort to the help of draught animals to pull out cars stuck in snowdrifts. In addition, the death toll has exceeded 60 people. Due to power outages, more than 300 thousand residents of the states of Oregon and Tennessee remained without light.

At the end of January 2023, 85 cars collided on an interstate highway in Wisconsin. The causes of the mass accident were ice, snow, and whiteout conditions. As a result of what happened, 21 people were injured. According to the Associated Press on February 2 of the same year, at least nine people were killed in traffic accidents caused by bad weather conditions due to the blizzard that hit the United States. Schools in several counties in Arkansas, Tennessee, Texas and Oklahoma canceled classes. In some areas it was predicted to get as cold as -50 degrees.

On January 4, 2023, the heaviest snowfall hit the East Coast of the United States. Bad weather left more than 850 thousand houses without light, because of the elements was paralyzed the work of public transport. It was noted that more than 25 cm of snow fell in New Jersey and Delaware, the wind speed in the north-eastern states of the country reached 15 m/s. According to information from January 31, more than 1.6 thousand flights were canceled at U.S. airports due to heavy snowfalls. About 2.6 thousand domestic and international flights were also postponed.

The winter of 2022/2023 saw heavy snowfalls in the United States. On December 27, 2022, it was reported that 63 people died in the country due to snowstorms. The largest number of victims was recorded in the city of Buffalo (New York State) and its environs - 33 people.