The U.S. winter storm returns: 40 million people are affected and nearly a thousand flights are canceled

In the past two years, the catastrophic effects of extreme weather have come frequently. In the spring and summer of last year, droughts and floods occurred alternately in various places, such as the floods in Henan and the droughts in southern my country in summer. In winter, North America, especially Canada, has more snowfall and low temperature and cold waves.

At the end of December last year, the United States issued “one of the most extensive winter weather warnings ever issued”, and the subsequent cold snap, snowfall and high winds caused huge damage to infrastructure in various regions. Not long after now, it is already February, and the winter storm has returned. It is hard to estimate the impact of such abnormal weather on the lives of local residents and infrastructure, but this may mean that this year may still be like Like last year, extreme weather disasters occurred frequently.