Cold weather
Extreme cold weather occurred in Alberta, Saskatchewan and Manitoba, Canada, and 22 low temperature records were set in various places. The extremely cold weather has caused schools in several cities to suspend classes.
Among them, the low temperature record of Uranium City in Saskatchewan is MINUS 48.9 degrees Celsius, which is far lower than the record of MINUS 40 degrees Celsius in 20 19. In Fort Chipvyan, Alberta, the lowest temperature recorded was-47.3 degrees Celsius, which was lower than the lowest temperature record of-45.6 degrees Celsius in 1936.
Edmonton International Airport, the capital of Alberta, also experienced a low temperature close to the historical record. On the 7th, the lowest temperature reached-43.8 degrees Celsius, equivalent to-43.9 degrees Celsius recorded in 1994.
In Lop Nur, Manitoba province, the lowest temperature of the day was MINUS 42 degrees Celsius, breaking the record of MINUS 40.6 degrees Celsius set by 1972.
The meteorological department predicts that the extremely cold weather is due to the polar cyclone in the Arctic, and it is expected that the extremely cold weather will continue for several days. Due to the strong winds of 10 to 20km/h, the somatosensory temperature in some areas will be as low as minus 50 to 55 degrees Celsius.
Adverse effects of extremely cold weather
The freezing injury caused by extremely cold weather has different degrees of influence on agricultural production in various places. The cold wave will cause local facilities and crops in the shed to suffer from different degrees of cold damage, wind disaster and snow disaster. Some tea buds, economic fruits and local crops in the south are also vulnerable to cold damage, and rain and snow weather will also affect the harvest and transportation of vegetables.
Low temperature will make some tropical fruit trees such as tea buds in the south suffer from cold injury, and winter wheat and bolting rapeseed at jointing stage are also vulnerable to cold injury.
Romania, Serbia, Bulgaria and other European countries: * * At least 30 people died in cold weather, including 22 in Romania. In Sofia, Bulgaria, local media reported that the money in the ATM was frozen, causing the ATM to malfunction. The severe cold also caused some sections of the Danube to freeze. In order to protect ships, Bulgarian authorities had to transfer some ships to other ports. At least 10000 people in Serbia are trapped in remote villages due to traffic disruption. Some villages in Bosnia can only rely on military helicopters to drop food and other necessities. In Latvia, only 10 people froze to death in Riga, the capital, and the death toll in other areas remains to be counted. In Estonia, organizers had to stop holding ski competitions because the temperature dropped below MINUS 30 degrees. ?
Extreme cold weather has a great influence on us. In the cold winter, you must take good protection.