Monitoring Desk
ISLAMABAD/WASHINGTON: Nearly 100 million citizens in Canada and the United States (US) were bracing for one of the coldest air on earth as the record-deep freeze hits North America.
The National Weather Service has warned that a frigid blast could bring “once-in-a-generation” chilly winds that caused frostbite in less than ten minutes,
Residents from Manitoba to Maine are urged to limit their time outdoors until Saturday.
Deep freeze weather
At least citizen people have died in the freezing weather in the United States south since Monday.
There were eight fatalities in Texas, one in Arkansas, and two in Oklahoma.
The expected drop in temperatures has been attributed to the powerful Arctic front that stretches from the Canadian maritime province to the core of the United States.
About a dozen records were expected to be broken by Friday in many US states, where 82 million citizens were forecast temperatures of -17 Celsius or lower.
In Maine, for example, parts of the US expected the lowest and freezing temperatures recorded since 1971. In Portland, the wind chill is expected to reach -41 F.
In nearby Burlington, Vermont, Friday’s highest temperature is expected to reach just -20 C.
