The death toll from the winter storm hitting the US rose to 48 people, amid extreme temperatures, massive power outages and new weather alerts.
Among the most recent tragedies is the death of three minor brothers who fell into a frozen pond in Bonham, Texas, near the Oklahoma border.
Ten other people were found dead in New York, several of them presumably due to hypothermia, according to reports from Univision.
According to cnn, the storm It has affected almost two-thirds of the country and has left at least 25 confirmed deaths directly linked to the cold and ice, although others remain under investigation.
Victims are recorded in states such as Texas, Louisiana, Tennessee, Pennsylvania and South Carolina, some after extreme physical efforts such as shoveling snow.
The impact of a strong snow storm in the US continues
The impact of the storm caused Power outages that at their peak left more than a million customers without serviceespecially in the south of the country, with significant damage in Texas, Louisiana, Mississippi and Tennessee, he indicated. cnn.
The chaos also extended to air transport. According to the portal FlightAwarethis Tuesday 1,851 flights were canceled and another 2,900 suffered delays, as a result of ice, snow and low temperatures.
In this context, the Government of Cuba expressed its condolences to the American people for the deceased because of the storm.
The Cuban Foreign Minister, Bruno Rodríguez, expressed on the social network
US meteorological authorities also warned of a new megastorm predicted for the weekendwhich could again affect millions of people.
Thus, the cold wave maintains temperatures below zero in large areas of the country, with thermal sensations that drop below -20 °C.
