Images of icy storm in United States

Video temperatures could descend to – 55 ° C.

by video service of the world (with AFP and Reuters)

It is a very rare phenomenon by its intensity. Polar temperatures and strong snowfall strikes a large part of the United States, Thursday, December 22. Several governors, in New York, Oklahoma, Kentucky, Georgia and North Carolina, said the state of emergency.

Approaching the holidays, millions of Americans are expected on the roads and at airports. Thousands of flights were delayed or canceled on Thursday. Roads are impracticable and a major motorway from the southern Dakota has been closed. I encourage everyone (…) to listen to the warnings at the local level. It’s serious, “urged the president, Joe Biden.

The cold episode should last during the Christmas weekend, according to meteorologists.

/Media reports cited above.