As of: January 20, 2024, 6:06 p.m
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While Germany has struggled with black ice in recent days, the USA is battling particularly icy winter storms.
The number of deaths continues to rise.
Tennessee – The USA is once again hit by extreme weather; 50 people have already fallen victim to the current winter storms.
The extreme onset of winter in the USA, which has been going on for days, also claimed more lives on Friday.
But that's not all, the National Weather Service is warning of more dangerous winter storms and freezing temperatures in the middle and east of the country.
Onset of winter in the USA: At least 50 deaths – freezing temperatures
In Germany, too, winter once again showed its white side in January, with numerous regions having to contend with black ice in the past few days.
Meanwhile, even lower temperatures were measured in Scandinavia, with record temperatures of up to minus 40 degrees recorded here.
Emergency services also have to be deployed in Spain, which is otherwise so sunny; the military has even been mobilized here due to the onset of winter.
Winter storms have now killed at least 50 people in the USA.
(Symbolic image) © Rolf Vennenbernd/dpa
The health authority in the southern state of Tennessee alone has reported 14 weather-related deaths so far.
The governor of Kentucky also confirmed five deaths related to the winter weather on Friday.
In the northwestern state of Oregon, three people were electrocuted when a power line fell on their parked car, according to the Portland Fire Department.
The winter storm also left 75,000 people without power in Oregon, prompting the governor to declare a state of emergency.
Numerous states report fatalities - meters of snow in Buffalo
According to police, five women were killed in an accident with a semi-trailer on a highway in Pennsylvania on Tuesday.
Additional deaths were reported in the states of Illinois, Kansas, New Hampshire, New York, Wisconsin and Washington.
Heavy snowstorms have been sweeping across the USA for days.
Western New York was particularly affected, where, according to meteorologists, almost two meters of fresh snow fell in five days near the city of Buffalo.
The icy weather also reached deep into the south of the country - a region that is not used to such weather conditions.
While the USA continues to struggle with snow and cold, a change in the weather seems to be taking place in Germany.
However, summer is still a long way off.
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