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Dozens dead due to freezing temperatures in the USA
Not far from the Great Falls in Paterson, New Jersey, a man walks across a thick ice chasm. photo
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Dozens of people died in just a few days because of the cold in the USA. But it will soon be unusually warm.
According to media reports, 17 people have died in Tennessee so far, including a man who was trying to shovel snow off the roof of his house. In Oregon, three people were killed by a power line that was downed by an ice storm, and a baby barely survived the incident. Two people died of hypothermia in Louisiana. In Missouri, a number of visitors to a football game in the stadium had to be treated by paramedics due to the freezing temperatures on Saturday. Texas called on its residents to save energy because of the freezing temperatures.
The extremely low temperatures should be over by the middle of the week at the latest. Temperatures will be above average for this time of year starting Tuesday, according to the Climate Prediction Center. The meteorologists explained that there is a high probability that it will remain unusually warm at least until the beginning of February. Only in Alaska it is expected to remain exceptionally cold.