Sub-zero temperatures and blizzard conditions could unleash travel chaos across the US and Canada.
By Nadine YousifA powerful arctic winter storm will make its way through the US and Canada this week, bringing with it crippling snow and freezing temperatures.
It is then expected to hit the Great Lakes later this week, and will become a "bomb cyclone" by early Friday.Big US airlines like United, American, Delta and Southwest have issued fee waivers to travellers who wish to reschedule their flights in anticipation of the big storm.How to stay safe in a winter stormAs it moves east, the storm is anticipated to dump heavy snow into major midwestern airports in Detroit and Chicago by Thursday.
Chicago's National Weather Service branch has warned of a "significant threat to life for anyone stranded in the storm", as the wind speed is expected to be greater than 55mph . The storm will also bring life-threatening frigid temperatures that are 40 degrees Fahrenheit below average. Every state in the continental US could see temperatures below 20F on Christmas Eve, the National Weather Service said.Bomb cyclone is a term given by meteorologists to a storm that appears to intensify rapidly, with its central air pressure dropping to at least 24 millibars in 24 hours.
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