Cold Wave

The Cold Wave 

(Copyright Audio by Matt C.) 

From December 2013 till January 2014 the Eastern part of the U.S was hit by an extreme cold wave. The freezing temperatures were brought by strong winds from North Canada. The temperature in Detroit for example was -14° Fahrenheit. Even worse, Canada had -30 to -40°.

The cold wave had two episodes. First record-breaking cold air hit the East of the U.S. Then, in January, a cold front brought heavy snowfall. Schools, roads and business had to be closed, flights were cancelled.

Because of the cold 21 people were killed.

That was the strongest cold wave since 1994.

Youtube is a good platform for your research. Have a look at the videos to see what happened.

Frozen City

Sources:

http://www.wunderground.com/blog/JeffMasters/extreme-cold-wave-invades-eastern-half-of-us

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2013%E2%80%9314_North_American_cold_wave

http://www.presstv.ir/detail/2014/01/08/344414/us-cold-kills-21-colder-than-south-pole/

http://www.dwd.de/bvbw/generator/DWDWWW/Content/Oeffentlichkeit/KU/KU2/KU24/besondere__ereignisse__global/temperatur/englischeberichte/201401__cold__northamerica,templateId=raw,property=publicationFile.pdf/201401_cold_northamerica.pdf
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JhaNtbianlA
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0hF0FfH3mR8 
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NZZRhnLzZ98