Americans rush to grocery stores following state of emergency

A powerful winter storm hitting the Northeastern United States and the Atlantic coastal states (between New England and South America) has grounded many flights at the country’s airports, IRNA reported Saturday, citing Newsweek. It has declared a state of emergency in several states. Authorities in the hurricane-hit states are said to be preparing for blizzards, snow, power outages and lightning.

The National Weather Service of the United States announced on Friday that the storm is expected to hit northeastern New England and other northeastern parts of the country. According to the federal agency, an “explosive tornado” occurred on Friday evening off the coast of the American Atlantic states and led to a storm known as the “tornado bomb”.

Many people flocked to grocery stores in anticipation of the storm and fears of severe storms and heavy snowfall, while the spread of the Omicron strain has already left US stores short of basic goods. did.

The U.S. National Weather Service has issued a blizzard alert for southern Delaware, central and eastern Long Island, southeastern Connecticut, the entire state of Rhode Island and other parts of eastern Massachusetts. Heavy snow and strong winds are forecast to cause dangerous blizzards in parts of the Mid-Atlantic and New England coasts.

The Meteorological Agency also said that East New England is likely to see heavy snowfall of 2 to 4 inches (5.08 to 10.16 cm) per hour and 1 to 2 feet (30 to 60.96 cm) of snow in the area. It rained.

At the same time, the governors of New York, New Jersey, Connecticut, Rhode Island, Virginia and Delaware have declared a state of emergency, and the governor of Maryland has instructed the National Guard to put 125 troops on alert for a blizzard.

Reports indicate that New York, Newark (New Jersey) and Boston airports have canceled 90% of their flights on Saturday due to bad weather.