WPBN: This week, portions of Alabama are expected to experience temperatures that are as low as the upper teens, according to the forecast. Relief organizations have opened warming stations from the Tennessee Valley to the Gulf coast as a result of this factor.
Participants in the project include the Jimmie Hale Mission in Birmingham, the Compassion Coalition in Tuscaloosa, and the Salvation Army in Decatur.
The Mobile area is seeing the opening of a half dozen new churches, one of which is the Central Presbyterian Church, which caters to families.
Both men and women are welcome to visit McKemie Place, which is located within the Salvation Army. It is estimated that close to twenty additional warming stations will be opening in the counties of Etowah and Cullman.
As the polar vortex that moved southward over the weekend continued to hold much of the country east of the Rockies in its icy grip, a large portion of the United States was blasted with ice, snow, and wind on Monday.
This caused many roads to become hazardous, schools to be forced to close, and widespread power outages and flight cancellations on a widespread scale.
By bringing down trees in some Southern states, threatening a freeze in Florida, and driving people in Dallas to dig deep into their closets for thick hats and gloves, the enormous storm system caused disruption in regions of the country that typically do not experience the impact of winter’s wrath.
The National Guard was called into action to assist vehicles who were trapped on major roadways in Kansas, western Nebraska, and parts of Indiana because of the snow and ice that covered the roads.
In Kansas and Missouri, where blizzard conditions produced wind gusts of up to 45 miles per hour, the National Weather Service issued their winter storm warnings.
In the early hours of Tuesday, the warnings were extended to include New Jersey.
There are occasions when the polar vortex of extremely cold air travels southward into the United States of America, Europe, and Asia. Typically, the polar vortex revolves around the North Pole.
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It has been demonstrated through research that the Arctic is rapidly warming, which is one of the factors contributing to the growing frequency of the polar vortex extending its grasp.
Forecasters predicted that temperatures might range from 12 to 25 degrees below average in various sections of the United States beginning on Monday.
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The eastern two-thirds of the country were affected by bone-chilling cold and wind chills.
According to Jon Palmer, a meteorologist for the National Weather Service who is located in Gray, Maine, the Northeast, which has had a relatively moderate start to winter, was forecast to feel cold on multiple days.
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