As of: January 20, 2024, 6:05 p.m
By: Jennifer Lanzinger
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Severe restrictions on air traffic, freezing temperatures and meters of fresh snow: winter storms have been sweeping across large parts of the USA for days.
Tennessee – Winter is currently showing its cold side in many regions.
In Germany, too, numerous people were surprised by a snowfall in their cars and had to wait the night.
And in Spain, too, the onset of winter caused anxious moments, and even the military was mobilized.
The US National Weather Service is warning of more dangerous winter storms and freezing temperatures in the central and eastern parts of the country.
Meanwhile, a change in the weather is taking place in Germany.
Dangerous winter weather in the USA: At least 50 deaths
According to authorities and the media, the current onset of winter in the USA has already claimed at least 50 lives.
The health authority in the southern state of Tennessee alone has reported 14 weather-related deaths so far.
The National Weather Service continued to issue warnings on Friday.
The number of deaths increased again.
Kentucky's governor confirmed five more winter weather-related deaths have been recorded.
Winter storms have now killed at least 50 people in the USA.
(Symbolic image) © Rolf Vennenbernd/dpa
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.
Five women die on the highway - several states report fatalities
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.
The winter weather has had the USA firmly under control for days.
Heavy snowstorms hit large parts of the country.
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.
Winter weather drastically limits life in the USA
As can be seen on the Flightaware
website
, more than 1,100 flights were canceled on Friday alone, and numerous schools also had to remain closed due to the weather.
A picture that has also emerged in many regions of Germany in the past few days.
Because black ice restricted everyday life in many regions, numerous schools, among other things, had to drastically limit their operations.
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Scandinavia was also hit by a cold front a few days ago.
Experts reported record temperatures.