Los Angeles, USA (EFE).- Temperatures extremely low are expected for the next few days at the border of USA with Mexico, warned this Thursday the Customs and Border Protection Office (CBP), which advised migrants not to try to cross the dividing line to avoid tragedies.
“Extremely cold temperatures, below freezing, are expected throughout the border from Mexico and the United States during the next week. Don’t risk your life or your loved ones trying to cross the Rio Grande or the desert. Stay home or in a safe shelter and avoid a tragedy,” CBP published in Twitter.
The warning comes as much of the United States prepares for a “once-in-a-generation” winter storm, as the National Weather Service (NWS) has described it.
In its latest update on Thursday, the NWS forecast a “major abnormal storm” throughout the weekend, with snow, strong winds and “dangerous” low temperatures.
The meteorological phenomenon will go from the north of the Great Basin – a hydrographic zone that includes Nevada, part of Utah and California, Idaho, Oregon and Wyoming -, to the north of the Midwest, the Great Lakes and the central and northern Appalachians.
President Joe Biden himself warned Americans on Thursday to take the storm “extremely seriously” and to follow the recommendations of the authorities.
“This is really a very serious weather alert. And it goes from Oklahoma to Wyoming, and from Wyoming to Maine. And there are real consequences, so I encourage everyone to please follow local advisories,” he told reporters from the Oval Office of the White House. EFE
