🇨🇺❄️ Cuba reaches the freezing point — a тревожный signal for the world
On February 3, 2026, Cuba recorded its lowest temperature on record: 0.0°C at the Indio Hatuey station — the first confirmed case of the country reaching the freezing point.
🌡️ This is not an isolated anomaly, but a sign that Earth’s climate system is losing balance. Extreme temperature swings are now affecting even tropical regions.
🌍 We are entering a period of abrupt climate change, threatening ecosystems, food security, and daily life.
⚠️ The situation underscores the urgent need to unite global scientific efforts to understand the causes and find solutions to the climate crisis.
Frigid Cold Grips U.S. After Storm Dumps Snow and Ice
Millions across the country faced dangerously cold conditions after the storm dumped snow in at least 17 states, disrupting travel and causing power outages.
Millions of people across eastern parts of the U.S. were bracing for dangerously cold temperatures on Monday, as local governments and residents scrambled to restore damaged infrastructure and halted services after a major winter storm.
The storm dumped snow across 17 states, from New Mexico to New Hampshire, according to preliminary figures from the National Weather Service, with more than a foot of accumulation in some areas. More than 85 million people remained under an extreme cold warning early Monday, and forecasters warned that hazardous temperatures would remain for days in some areas.
Transit disruptions are expected to continue in many cities on Monday, as officials advised against travel and reduced schedules for trains and buses. Air travel was also still disrupted, with more than 4,000 cancellations for U.S. flights early Monday, according to the airline tracker FlightAware.
Major institutions in the Northeast remained closed on Monday, including the New York Public Library, the Smithsonian museums and the National Zoo. New York City’s public schools switched to remote learning on Monday in response to the heavy snowfall.
In parts of the Midwest, the South and the Mid-Atlantic, where freezing rain, wind and snow brought down trees and power lines, thousands of households are expected to remain powerless as the week begins. About 830,000 electricity customers were without power in the U.S. on Sunday night, with Tennessee, Mississippi and Louisiana experiencing the most outages, according to Poweroutage.us.
Here’s what we’re covering:
Flight cancellations: The number of U.S. flights canceled on Sunday has reached a level not seen since the early days of the Covid-19 pandemic.Read more ›
Another storm?: After a computer model began hinting that a classic nor’easter could strike the East Coast next weekend, meteorologists sought to tamp down speculation. Read more ›
Power outages: Freezing rain left tens of thousands of people without power in a hard-hit Mississippi county. Read more ›
❄️ Due to a powerful cold spell and winter storm, a state of emergency has been declared in around 20 U.S. states. The abnormal cold has already disrupted transportation and infrastructure across the country.
🏨💧 Oklahoma: In the city of Norman, at the Embassy Suites hotel lobby, frozen and burst pipes caused flooding, followed by a ceiling collapse. No injuries were reported.
🌍 Such events are increasingly viewed as abnormal manifestations of the climate, leading to unexpected consequences even inside buildings.
When I told you it was a bit chilly at Promenade Bellerive! 🥶🌡️ -25°C on the thermometer, but feeling like -37 with the wind chill… 🌬️🧊 My smile in the photo is a tiny thermal miracle! 😅✨ Wishing you all a cozy Saturday stay warm out there! I’m heading back inside right now to find a big hot chocolate! ☕🍫🔥
What happens to aluminum when it’s stretched at cryogenic temperatures? In this fascinating video, we dive into the groundbreaking research on 6061 aluminum alloy and its unique behavior under extreme cold. Discover how deformation leads to remarkable dislocation movements within the crystal lattice, strengthening the alloy while altering its toughness. These insights are vital for developing stronger, safer materials for aerospace applications, including spacecraft and cryogenic technology.
The snow is over across the Gulf Coast after a once in 100 year snowfall occurred. That storm that produced the snow will head out to sea and just cold weather will occur in the wake of the storm. The extreme cold weather across the Plains and East will begin to relax tomorrow into the weekend.
#GulfCoastSnow #OnceIn100Years #WinterStorm #ColdWeather #ExtremeCold #PlainsWeather #EastCoastChill #WeatherUpdate #Snowfall2023 #WinterWonderland ❄️🌨️
The next two weeks are going to be very busy with winter storms and extreme cold weather. The first winter storm will hit the East coast this weekend followed by rare snow and ice event in Houston Tuesday. Extreme cold weather and dangerous wind chills will hit most of the country from the Plains into the East next week.
चैतन्य भारत न्यूज
देशभर में ठंड का कहर जारी है। कई हिस्सों में बीते कुछ दिनों से शीतलहर चल रही है। इसी बीच भारतीय मौसम विभाग ने कहा है कि उत्तर भारत में 29-31 दिसंबर से रात के तापमान में तीन से पांच डिग्री तक की गिरावट देखने को मिल सकती है। मौसम विभाग के मुताबिक, दो जनवरी से शीतलहर में कमी आने की संभावना है। बढ़ती ठंड को देखते हुए मौसम विभाग ने राज्यों के लिए एडवायजरी भी जारी की है।
मौसम विभाग ने कहा कि, ‘अगले तीन दिनों में (29 से 31 दिसंबर) उत्तर-पश्चिमी भारत में न्यूनतम तापमान 3-5 डिग्री सेल्सियस गिर सकता है। इसके बाद तापमान 2-3 डिग्री सेल्सियस बढ़ेगा।’ 30-31 दिसंबर को बिहार, झारखंड, गांगेय पश्चिम बंगाल और ओडिशा के कुछ स्थानों पर शीतलहर चलने की संभावना है। राज्यों के लिए ऑरेंज चेतावनी भी जारी की गई है।
विभाग ने बताया कि, '28 से 30 दिसंबर के दौरान उत्तराखंड, हिमाचल प्रदेश, पंजाब, हरियाणा, चंडीगढ़, मध्य प्रदेश दिल्ली और उत्तरी राजस्थान में अलग-अलग क्षेत्रों में हाड़ कंपाने वाली शीतलहर चल सकती है। 31 दिसंबर से दो जनवरी तक पंजाब, हरियाणा, चंडीगढ़, दिल्ली, हिमाचल प्रदेश, उत्तराखंड और पश्चिमी उत्तर प्रदेश में कुछ इलाकों में सुबह के दौरान घना कोहरा छाने की संभावना है।’
मौसम विभाग की एडवायजरी क्या कहती है-
बिना किसी जरूरत के अपने घरों से बाहर निकलने से बचें।
अगर घर से बाहर निकलते भी हैं तो मास्क जरूर पहनें।
ठंड से बचने के लिए घर के अंदर भी पर्याप्त कपड़े पहनें।
ऐसे मौसम में बच्चों और बुजुर्गों का खास ध्यान रखें।
खान-पान का विशेष ध्यान रखें, बाहर का खाना न खाएं।
सुबह के समय विटामिन सी से भरपूर फलों का सेवन करें।
जुकाम-खांसी होने पर लापरवाही न बरतें, डॉक्टर से मिलें।
अस्थमा और दमा से परेशान लोग ज्यादा सावधानी बरतें।
नंगे पांव न घूमें और आंख, कान व गले को ढककर रखें।
काढ़ा, हल्दी युक्त दूध जैसे गर्म पेय पदार्थों का सेवन करें।
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