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About 200 million Americans face extreme cold. At least 12 dead : InfoQuest

An estimated 200 million Americans have experienced the cold of a major winter storm. This led to at least 12 deaths before this weekend.

The BBC reported that the blizzard left more than 1.5 million people without power. And thousands of flights were canceled on Friday (December 23). In the face of the snow, Native Americans are said to have burned their clothes to keep them warm. After using the fuel to warm up.

In Canada, people in Ontario and Quebec are also experiencing blizzards. which left hundreds of thousands of people without electricity The Canadian government warned residents to prepare for winter storms and freezing temperatures in large parts of Canada, from British Columbia to Newfoundland.

There was also a bomb cyclone phenomenon where the air pressure dropped significantly. This caused blizzard-like conditions in the Great Lakes near the US-Canada border.

By InfoQuest News Agency (24 Dec ’22)

Tags: winter storm , blizzard , cold weather , United States , cold weather