Winter storm and flooding threaten much of the United States

Climate experts warned that this Monday a Powerful winter system will generate snow storms, flooding, road problems and power outages in 49 states in the United States.

According to the Fox Forecast Center, A winter storm system is moving through the center and east of the country, generating high probabilities of rain, snow and flooding. The weather phenomenon began in the Southwest, but will now move across the Central Plains into the Midwest, eventually ending along the coast by midweek.

Based on the above, 49 of the 50 states are under some type of weather alert this week. North Dakota is the only one spared from this threat, according to the National Weather Service. What's more, Hawaii and Alaska have also experienced significant adverse weather events.

According to climate experts from CNN, This Monday more than 15,000,000 people are under threat of a strong storm, from Texas to Florida, and more than 35,000,000 will be under the same threat level tomorrow, from the Florida Panhandle to the Outer Banks of North Carolina. The good news is that it is a fast-moving system, so although its impacts will be important, they will not last long.

How will the winter storm impact the United States?

Strong winds and a winter storm are expected this week from New Mexico and the Texas Panhandle northeastward through Illinois and Wisconsin. In some areas, snowfall is expected to accumulate up to 30 centimeters, limiting visibility.

To the south, severe weather is expected this day and tomorrow, since the meteorological phenomenon will bring a lot of humidity from the Gulf of Mexico, so Strong thunderstorm and flood warnings have been issued From Texas to Florida, in some areas there could even be hail and tornadoes.

The system will continue to move eastward, generating heavy rain and winds in the northeast on Tuesday and Wednesday. Authorities are warning that there will be conditions to expect downed trees and power lines, so there will be power outages in some areas, especially from New England to the mid-Atlantic.

Based on the conditions, the Weather Prediction Center of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) issued a risk alert level 3 of 4 for flood threats. These go from northeastern Virginia and central Maryland to eastern Pennsylvania, central and northern New Jersey, the lower and middle Hudson Valley of New York, western and central Connecticut, southwestern Massachusetts. This poses a risk to more than 28 million people in cities such as Washington, Baltimore, Philadelphia, and the northern and western suburbs of New York City.

In some areas, heavy rain will fall on a layer of fresh snow which will lead to melting and increases flooding concerns, especially in parts of the interior Northeast and New England.

In turn, in places like West Virginia and Virginia to the north, through Maine, warnings have been issued for winds that can reach up to 112 kilometers per hour. While the National Weather Service Office in Boston warned that the winds could reach hurricane force.

Due to strong winds, power outages are also likely along the coast of the Carolinas to southern Georgia, northern Florida, southern Alabama, southern Mississippi and much of Louisiana.