Snowfall death toll rises to 85 in the US; new wave of extreme cold will arrive this Friday

USA could record colds of up to -45 °C during winter storm The death toll from the historic cold wave that hits part of the United States has risen to 85 people, according to a new count by the American news agency Associated Press (AP) released this Friday (30) based on data from governments in the affected states. ✅ Follow the g1 international news channel on WhatsApp ➡️ Since the beginning of the week, more than 20 southern states, unaccustomed to extreme cold, and part of the eastern USA have faced snowfall and temperatures reaching -45ºC. And a new cold front is forecast to arrive in the south this evening (read more below). According to the AP count, about half of the 85 deaths occurred in the states of Tennessee, Mississippi and Louisiana. In New York, ten people have been found dead in the streets since the start of the cold snap, and the city’s mayor, Zohran Mamdani, said the main suspicion is that the victims suffered hypothermia. At least six were homeless, according to findings from The New York Times. On Thursday (29), hundreds of National Guard soldiers were sent to Mississippi and Tennessee to remove debris and help people trapped in cars due to excessive ice or in homes without power. New cold snap An aerial photo shows several inches of snow covering a residential neighborhood in Columbia, Missouri. AUSTIN JOHNSON / AFP Meteorologists predict the arrival of another wave of intense cold. The US National Weather Service said arctic air moving into the southeastern US will cause already freezing temperatures to drop to -10°C on Friday night in cities including Nashville, Tennessee, where more than 79,000 homes and businesses have been without power for five days. ‘People are delirious’ Pedestrians in New York City’s Times Square on Sunday during a snowstorm AP Photo/Heather Khalifa Harriet Wallace, who works for a social services agency in Nashville, said police and firefighters have been visiting homes to check on elderly people who live alone. All were found alive, she said. “They find blankets and sit there with no TV, no power, no nothing,” Wallace said. “Some are even delirious.” “Nobody really knew it was going to be like this, or how bad it was going to be,” said CJ Bynum, who used his car to help drivers stranded on Interstate 55, a highway in northern Mississippi that became icy. Mississippi resident Glyn Alexander, 73, spent three days without power before deciding to leave her home in Belzoni, a small town in the Mississippi Delta. On Thursday (29), she was more comfortable in a local shelter, where a generator kept the internal temperature at a pleasant 28°C. See the videos that are trending on g1

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