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Feb 23, 2015

WEATHER TROUBLES * USA: America encased in ice

* New York - Stunning shot from space captures scale of the Siberian Express deep freeze gripping the nation

(Shivering states: This satellite image was taken 200 miles up from Earth on Friday, when record low temperatures were set across much of the Midwest, East Coast and South) 

--  The NASA satellite photo was taken on Friday, when record low temperatures were set in several states... Cold is expected to continue, with another 'Siberian Express' expected to hit on Sunday... In frost-hit Tennessee 21 people died in the past week from the weather, while in Kentucky the death toll was 10... Americans living in the eastern U.S. have certainly been feeling the cold this past week, but now they can see it... 
(Frozen harbor: The waters around New York City's financial district were covered in ice this week due to the frigid weather)


(Magical: This photo, captured by CBS, shows ice floes surrounding skyscrapers in Lower Manhattan, including One World Trade Center)

... The new round of harsh weather is part of a system that has cut a curving, 2,000-mile path from southern Missouri to Maine. Snow and ice contributed to major delays at John F. Kennedy International Airport in New York Saturday, with some arriving flights delayed more than two hours, and flights destined for Newark International Airport in New Jersey were delayed more than three hours, according to a Federal Aviation Administration advisory. Winter weather advisories and winter storm warnings were in effect until Sunday for parts of West Virginia, Pennsylvania, New York, Massachusetts, Maine and New Hampshire, the NWS said...

(Incredible: Heavy snow and treachorous ice cover Central Park, which plummeted to a record low of two degrees on Friday morning)

... The system dropped steady snow on Washington and Baltimore as it pushed up the East Coast Saturday. West Virginia saw 18 inches of snow, according to state officials... 


( A city truck grades snow as it drives south on US 81 in Enid, Oklahoma Sunday, February 22, 2015) 

... Six inches or more of fresh snow was forecast for parts of the Northeast by early Sunday, according to the National Weather Service (NWS). Bitter cold is also expected, but conditions should start to ease in many areas by mid-morning, the service said. Following nearly a week of cold and ice in Tennessee, Governor Bill Haslam elevated the state on Saturday to a higher level of emergency... New York,NY,USA -The DAILY MAIL (UK)/REUTERS, by ASHLEY COLLMAN -22 February 2015

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