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US storm to bring 'record-breaking' low temperatures | US storm to bring 'record-breaking' low temperatures |
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The North American East Coast is shivering in a record-breaking freeze just a day after a deadly "bomb cyclone" dumped snow as far south as Florida. | |
Throughout the northern US and Canada, temperatures are expected to plunge below -20F (-29C), according to the National Weather Service. | |
In Canada, high winds have knocked out power for tens of thousands of residents in Nova Scotia. | |
Giant waves caused by the storm saw freezing floodwaters inundate parts of the New England coast. | |
The storm has so far been blamed for up to 19 deaths in the US, and two in Canada, according to the latest reports. | |
Deaths were recorded in North Carolina, Wisconsin, Kentucky and Texas as a result of traffic accidents and exposure to the bitterly cold temperatures. | |
With the snowfall ending, temperatures are forecast to continue plummeting into the weekend as frigid air lingering over the North Pole prowls towards the US mid-Atlantic region. | |
Experts say the monster storm drew moisture and strength from as far south as the Caribbean Sea. | |
Police in the US state of Indiana issued a joke warrant for the arrest of main character in the 2013 Disney movie Frozen, blaming her for the cold snap. | |
Queen Elsa is wanted for "maintaining a common nuisance", the Seymour police department wrote on Facebook. | |
Mass power cuts in Canada | |
Atlantic and central Canada are being walloped by a winter storm and extreme cold. | |
The provinces of New Brunswick and Newfoundland and Labrador are both under Environment Canada winter storm and blizzard warnings. | |
On Friday morning, Nova Scotia Power said some 125,0000 customers were still without power after 140km/h (87mph) wind gusts hit parts of the maritime province. | |
Outages have also been also reported in New Brunswick and Newfoundland. | |
Ontario and Quebec are both back under extreme cold warnings. | |
Quebec is also bracing for heavy snowfall, strong winds and storm surges expected in parts of the province. | |
Utilities companies in eastern North America are advising residents to leave their homes and seek shelter elsewhere if they experience problems heating their properties. | Utilities companies in eastern North America are advising residents to leave their homes and seek shelter elsewhere if they experience problems heating their properties. |
The National Grid also warned customers not to attempt to clear snow and ice from gas meters and vents using "sharp objects", and to avoid operating generators indoors. | |
The storm has so far forced hundreds of schools and businesses to close in New York City, Philadelphia, Boston, the Carolinas, Maryland and Virginia. | The storm has so far forced hundreds of schools and businesses to close in New York City, Philadelphia, Boston, the Carolinas, Maryland and Virginia. |
More than 1,200 flights were cancelled on Friday, a day after 4,000 others were grounded. | |
In Massachusetts, Boston received over 1ft (30cm) of snowfall, and raging seas triggered perhaps the highest tides that the state has ever seen. | |
The city harbour's tide gauge matched its record at 15.1ft - previously set during the great blizzard of 1978. | |
Mayor Marty Walsh said climate change was to blame. | |
"It's dangerous," he said about the flooding, which also affected Boston's newly renovated seaport district and flooded a downtown subway station. | |
"If anyone wants to question global warming, just see where the flood zones are," he said. | |
Panicked New York City residents rushed to shops before the snow came, clearing shelves of milk, eggs, and kale, the New York Times reported. | |
The National Weather Service said on Friday: "An arctic outbreak will keep temperatures 20F to 30F degrees below average across the north-eastern US" | |
"This easily reaches the 20 to 30 degree below climatology range which supports a chance for many daily temperature records to be broken." | |
The weather pattern has already brought snow to the US South as far down as Florida, where the cold snap has caused iguanas to lose their grip and fall from trees. | |