essentials and food. authorities pleaded with people to be careful as they slowly open up the city over the next several days. there s a lot of roads that are completely blocked right now, that have no access whatsoever. and people are trying to drive on these roads, or get into these neighbourhoods, and they can t. please, please, you heard the mayor beg, i m begging, stay home. in other parts of the country, thawing out after the deep freeze has led to a new set of issues. in montana, which recorded temperatures as frigid as 45 celsius, the sudden warming created flash flooding. in the small town of fishtail, massive chunks of ice blocked roads and covered people s yards. that shift in temperature caused ice to melt to very quickly. and itjust released all of the ice off of the west rosebud, causing kind
in the small town of fishtail, massive chunks of ice blocked roads and covered people s yards. that shift in temperature caused ice to melt very quickly. and itjust released all of the ice off of the west rosebud, causing kind of like a tidal wave. this storm is truly unprecedented in scope, stretching from canada to mexico, affecting 60% of the us population. presidentjoe biden has promised the full force of the federal government to help those most affected, and while the bad weather has already started to ease, problems will likely persist for days. this is a holiday season no one will soon forget. it should have been a time for cheer. instead, the bomb cyclone has brought misery. nada tawfik, bbc news, new york. let s go to new york now, where we can speak to stef georgiou, who s a uk
created flash flooding. in the small town of fishtail, massive chunks of ice blocked roads and covered people s yards. that shift in temperature caused ice to melt to very quickly. and itjust released all of the ice off of the west rosebud, causing kind of like a tidal wave. this storm is truly unprecedented in scope, stretching from canada to mexico, affecting 60% of the us population. presidentjoe biden has promised the full force of the federal government to help those most affected, and while the bad weather has already started to ease, problems will likely persist for days. this is a holiday season no one will soon forget. it should have been a time for cheer. instead, the bomb cyclone has brought misery. nada tawfik, bbc news, new york. the extreme cold weather affecting north america would seem to go against the pattern of global warming ,
temperatures as frigid as 45 celsius, the sudden warming created flash flooding. in the small town of fishtail, massive chunks of ice blocked roads and covered people s yards. that shift in temperature caused ice to melt to very quickly. and itjust released all of the ice off of the west rosebud, causing kind of like a tidal wave. this storm is truly unprecedented in scope, stretching from canada to mexico, affecting 60% of the us population. presidentjoe biden has promised the full force of the federal government to help those most affected, and while the bad weather has already started to ease, problems will likely persist for days. this is a holiday season no one will soon forget. it should have been a time for cheer. instead, the bomb cyclone has brought misery. nada tawfik, bbc news, new york. we are told the extreme cold weather affecting north america is the sort