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✍️ A bitterly cold Arctic airmass has spread across the US, causing significant snow and ice storms, while south-east Australia is experiencing an intense heatwave.
👉 A bitterly cold Arctic airmass has spread across the US, causing significant snow and ice storms.
👉 The airmass is expected to continue to push southwards across the US, causing power outages and tree damage.
👉 South-east Australia is experiencing an intense heatwave with temperatures reaching 45C in parts of Victoria.
👉 The heatwave has led to bushfire risks and fire bans across the state of Victoria.
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The winter storm has brought significant snow, dangerous ice storms and freezing rain across North AmericaA bitterly cold Arctic airmass, which has gathered across Canada in the past week, has spread southwards into the US over the weekend. Having already allowed temperatures to fall as low as -40C in northern Canada, this cold airmass combined with moisture-laden air from the Gulf of Mexico to become a major winter storm named Blair, bringing disruptive winter weather across a wide area of the US.Over the past 24 hours, Blair has brought significant snow accumulations as well as dangerous ice storms and freezing rain across a wide area, from the central Great Plains in the west, across the Mississippi and Ohio Valley, and on to the east coast. Continue reading...
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2025/jan/06/weather-tracker-the-polar-vortex-disturbance-behind-storm-blair