Snow, freezing cold, countries at a standstill… the stunning US winter storm in ten pictures

A “historic” winter storm swept across the United States, crippling it rarely was. Twenty deaths must be deplored, therefore Snow is still expected. In some states, the National Guard has been deployed to assist with relief operations. A look at these events in ten photos.

1. The winter storm that swept through the United States was declared “historic” by the US Weather Service

2. The storm caused heavy snowfall, icy winds, and temperatures as low as -48°C in some places

3. Temperatures are capable of turning boiling water into drops of ice in an instant

4. In Chicago, it was around -20°C during the day on Friday

5. 70% of Americans have been affected by alerts or calls for caution in the US

6- About twenty people were killed, some of them in road accidents, on roads that became very dangerous due to ice and lack of visibility.

7. “The wind is so strong” The snow is shaped like “dunes,” it’s “crazy,” described Ali Lawson, 34, who has lived in Buffalo for eight years.

8. Nearly 1,500 flights were canceled across the country on Sunday, and more than 3,400 the day before

9. Several hundred thousand homes were also left without electricity across the country

10- Shelters have been opened all over American cities to house those in need to allow them to keep warm and protect them from the dangers of hypothermia.