2014 North American polar vortex
The 2014 North American polar vortex was a weather system that caused extremely cold weather through Canada and the United States.[1] Freezing temperatures went all the way down to Nashville, Tennessee. Several cities broke records: Chicago O'Hare International Airport set a record on 6 January with a temperature of −15 °F (−26 °C), beating the −14 °F (−26 °C) record in 1884 and 1988.[2] There were also power failures throughout Canada and United States. One in Newfoundland on 5 January took out the power of 190,000 customers.[3] Almost 24,000 people lost electricity across Missouri, Illinois and Indiana.
In Minnesota, Governor Mark Dayton ordered all schools closed down due to weather.[4] Across Indiana, over fifty of the state's ninety-two counties ordered roads closed to all traffic except emergency vehicles, mostly north of Indianapolis.[5]
Several people were killed because of the extreme weather all across North America.
2014 North American Polar Vortex Media
Chicago on January 7, 2014, with vapor rising off Lake Michigan
Ice formations on the Schuylkill River in Philadelphia
Chicago during early 2014 North American Cold Wave, Lake Michigan steaming
Snow cover on January 6, 2014
Snow cover on January 7, 2014
View south along North Whitney Avenue at Tennessee Technological University in Cookeville, Tennessee, United States, during the 2014 polar votex. The apartment buildings on the right, no longer standing, were part of Tech Village. The temperature when the photograph was taken was 0ºF (-18ºC).
Loaders clear Summit Avenue of snow in Union City, New Jersey the evening of February 15, 2014.
References
- ↑ "Historic Freeze". CNN News. 6 January 2014. Retrieved January 6, 2014.
- ↑ "The Coldest Temperatures in Decades". The New York Times. 6 January 2014. http://thelede.blogs.nytimes.com/2014/01/06/polar-vortex-brings-coldest-temperatures-in-decades/?hp&_r=0. Retrieved January 6, 2014.
- ↑ "Power Restored to Majority of Customers". CTV News. 6 January 2014. Retrieved January 6, 2014.
- ↑ "Governor Orders Schools Closed Monday over Cold". CBS News. Retrieved January 6, 2014.
- ↑ "DHS County Travel" (PDF). Indiana DHS. Archived from the original on January 7, 2014. Retrieved January 6, 2014.
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