A powerful Arctic winter storm has been sweeping across North America over the past few days bringing sub-zero temperatures, ice and snow blizzards and howling winds. The huge storm has affected around 70% of the US population and extends more than 2,000 miles from Texas in the South of the United States to Quebec in Eastern Canada. Temperatures across many central parts of America have plunged in recent days. The western US state of Montana was the worst hit by the cold, with temperatures dropping to a record breaking low of -45C. The weather has caused widespread travel disruption for millions of travellers. Freezing rain and icy conditions has meant that thousands of flights across America and Canada were cancelled, disrupting many people’s travel plans. The US National Weather Service has described the storm as a “once in a generation type event”.
US winter storm:Blizzard of the century
