Almost half of US states declare weather emergencypublished at 10:54 GMT
10:54 GMT
Twenty-three states, plus Washington DC, have declared
states of emergency due to the freezing conditions, with at least 10 activating
their National Guards, according to our US partner CBS News.
States of emergency were declared in: Alabama, Arkansas,
Connecticut, DC, Delaware, Georgia, Indiana, Kansas, Kentucky, Louisiana,
Maryland, Mississippi, Missouri, Nebraska, New Jersey, New York, North
Carolina, Ohio, Pennsylvania, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas, Virginia and
West Virginia.
Hundreds of “extreme cold” weather warnings are in place across
much of southern US, with hundreds more winter storm warnings and cold weather
advisories across the central and eastern US.
Image source, National Weather ServiceImage caption,
Extreme cold warnings (dark blue) cover much of Texas and the south-east US, while “winter storm” warnings (pink) are in place further north