Since Christmas Eve USA it goes through a huge snow storm that comes from the south of the country to parts of Canada. Now, on the border between the two nations, Niagara Falls has froze over, leaving an unparalleled winter view.
The images show how the entire region around the natural spectacle of the USA it is white with ice and snow, while the water that falls from the immense liquid body is full of frozen pieces. It is worth clarifying that the rivers remain semi-frozen, but not the waterfalls, due to the immense amount of water that falls per second, which is impossible with this cold.
Source: (The Times).
This storm in North America is very hard for the inhabitants, especially for those who live in the state of New York, where 34 people died from different complications. One of the cities within this zone of the USA Hardest hit was Buffalo, which is located a few miles south of the falls and received 4 feet of snow, causing major traffic problems and power outages.
It is not the first time that Niagara Falls has frozen, although it is a rather peculiar sight, since it happened only six times in more than 150 years. The previous occasions were in 1848, 1911, 1912, 1917, 2014 and 2015. And because approximately 3,100 tons of water are dumped every second, the weather service indicated that a complete brake is nearly impossible under normal conditions.
Climate problems
While the largest number of people killed are from New York, which suffered more than half of all losses, in total 60 people died across 8 states over the weekend from weather. However, it seems that little by little time seems to relax in the north of the continent.
It is that the temperatures in Buffalo, as well as in other cities, would not only begin to rise, but would also go from -10 degrees to positive 9 degrees by the beginning of the new year.
