In Denmark quibble we us, as soon as the temperature drops below freezing.
But it is nothing compared to what they must contend with in several places in the UNITED states the next few days, and the u.s. weather service, National Weather Service, warns of the deadly cold.
‘One of the coldest arctic luftpåvirkninger in recent times hit the southern part of the Midwest, before it spreads to two-thirds of the country. In the course of the next weeks we expect extreme temperatures, bitter cold and fatal kuldeindeks, which most likely offers record low temperatures’, writes weather service.
the Cold comes reportedly to affect millions of people in the UNITED states, and it gets the National Weather Service to warn against hypothermia, which means that the body temperature falls below 37 degrees, because it is so cold, that the body loses warmer, faster than it can restore it.
the Worst of it seems to be in the area around the city of Minneapolis, where it is feared that it is going to feel like minus 67 degrees fahrenheit. It corresponds to minus 53 degrees celsius. Also in the Chicago area it becomes hundekoldt, and the thermometer can drop to minus 30 degrees.
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the City of Minneapolis in Minnesota has been hard hit by the cold. Photo: Ritzau Scanpix
the Reason for the severe cold is a so-called polar vortex, which is a phenomenon that always exists around the poles. The Vortex means that the air is blowing the opposite clockwise direction, and it helps to keep the air cold around the poles.
But in special cases, extends the phenomenon itself, and a jet will be sent either to the north or the south.
IMPORTANT – Take precautions to protect yourself & your family from the cold this week. You need to be adequately prepared & dressed during this dangerously cold weather! https://t.co/qIlZpUyfsi https://t.co/GMd9jbf6gY
— the National Weather Association (@nwas) 30. January 2019
And although it is not a new phenomenon here on the planet, so it can be quite powerful. According to the New York Post warns, the authorities in several states the courage to go outside.
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the Chicago River near Chicago. Photo: Ritzau Scanpix
the Two breweries have even stated that they fear that their beer freezes to the ice. At the same time, they fear that the beer will be poor.
– Some of our beer can freeze to ice in the trucks. Especially on routes in the Midwest. Sometimes the ingredients in the next parts, because there are yeast and malt in, ” says director Ryan Modl in General Beer Northwest to the Eau Claire Leader-Telegram.
Mediegiganten Star Triubete in Minnesota has also made a liveartikel with the headline ‘Freeze Off is on: Can we catch Siberia?’. Here follows the medium temperature are quite close in both the state and the city Baykitskiy Rayon in Siberia to see who wins the kuldekonkurrencen.
For comparison we had, on Tuesday, the lowest temperature of the year in Denmark.
So, we have had a winter so far, lowest temperature! – 10,6 degrees was measured in the north this morning
Check out the temperature for your own municipality here https://t.co/QfdRGJwCwk#vinter #cold #snow pic.twitter.com/3rKuATI7r1— DMI (@dmidk) 29. January 2019
See more pictures from the cold including:
the Cyclist in Minneapolis. Photo: Ritzau Scanpix
It is also cold in New York City. Photo: Ritzau Scanpix
the Stone Arch Bridge in Minneapolis. Photo: Ritzau Scanpix
Detroit, Michigan. Photo: Ritzau Scanpix
Lake Harriet in Minneapolis. Photo: Ritzau Scanpix
