Washington-SANA
At least 21 people were killed by an unprecedented frost wave in the United States, which also cut power to millions of people.
Reuters reported that the victims were killed as a result of the snowstorms that were recorded in the states of Texas, Louisiana, Kentucky, North Carolina and Missouri in the south of the country. These statistics include victims of traffic accidents due to slides on the roads and suffocation cases due to the use of unsafe methods of heating.
And disrupted electrical power networks in Texas due to the record and unusual cold wave for this state, which resulted in power cuts to millions of residents.
The National Weather Service in the United States issued a warning about heavy snow and snowstorms that includes areas of more than 150 million people.