Badai salju menerjang Amerika serikat dengan sangat dahsyatnya, hingga 20/11/2014 tercatat 7 orang warga telah meninggal dunia akibat bencana salju yang hampir memutihkan sebagian besar kota New York.
Beberapa kasus kematian terjadi 3 orang dilaporkan meninggal akibat serangan jantung, 1 orang lainnya meninggal akibat terjebak dalam mobil yang dikendarainya.
Sementara itu beberapa dilaporkan ada yang terjebak dalam kendaraan hingga satu hari satu malam, ada juga yang terperangkap dalam rumahnya sendiri akibat salju yang menutupi pintu rumah mereka
Suhu beku terus melanda di 50 negara bagian AS, termasuk Florida dan Hawaii, mengakibatkan gangguan transportasi yang parah.
Guna menolong para warga, lebih dari 100 anggota Garda Nasional dikerahkan ke New York. Mereka akan membantu membersihkan jalan dan menyingkirkan kendaraan yang ditinggalkan.
Badan Cuaca Nasional mengatakan ketinggian salju di beberapa tempat bisa mencapai rekor baru, yaitu sekitar 1,9 meter.
Inilah gambaran dahsyatnya badai salju yang melanda Amerika Serikat:
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| Seorang wanita berjalan di tengah jalanan di Buffalo selama badai salju pada 19 November 2014. Lindsay DeDario / Doc:Reuters |
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| Badai salju yang bergerak di atas Danau Erie, 18 November 2014 |
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| Sebuah pesawat yang terjebak dalam badai salju di Bandara International Buffalo Niagara, 18 November 2014. Gary Wiepert / Doc:AP |
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| Pemandangan jalanan sebelah barat kota New York yang ditutupi salju. Doc:Reuters |
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| Sejumlah mobil ditinggalkan pengendaranya akibat badai salju. Doc:Reuters |
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| Sejumlah petugas menyingkirkan mobil dari tumpukan salju. Doc:AP |
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| Sejak akhir pekan lalu, 20 orang tewas di AS karena turunnya suhu udara. Doc:AP |
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| Storm clouds and snow blows off Lake Erie in Buffalo, New York, November 18, 2014. An autumn blizzard dumped a year's worth of snow in three days on Western New York state, where five people died and residents, some stranded overnight in cars. Lindsay Dedario/ Doc:Reuters |
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| Ralph Wilson Stadium in Orchard Park, N.Y., is buried in snow. Derek Gee/ Doc: The Associated Press |
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| A frontend loader piles snow after dump trucks dropped loads of snow at the Central Terminal, in Buffalo, N.Y. Snow was being trucked out of the hardest hit areas after yesterday's snowstorm. Sharon Cantillon/ Doc: The Associated Press |
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| Homes are covered in snow in West Seneca, N.Y. Derek Gee/ Doc: The Associated Press |
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| A man digs out his driveway in Depew, N.Y. Derek Gee/ Doc: The Associated Press |
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| Cars are covered in snow in Orchard Park, N.Y. Derek Gee/ Doc: The Associated Press |
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| Vehicles are piled high with snow on the Thruway between Walden Ave. and Ridge Rd. in Cheektowaga, N.Y.. State officials say the Thruway will stay closed in the Buffalo area for the duration of a lake-effect storm that has dumped 6 feet of snow since Tuesday and is expected to bring a couple more feet through Thursday. Sharon Cantillon/ Doc: The Associated Press |
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| A man walks along a snow-covered street on Thursday, Nov. 20, 2014, in Buffalo, N.Y. A new blast of lake-effect snow pounded Buffalo for a third day piling more misery on a city already buried by an epic, deadly snowfall that could leave some areas with nearly 8 feet of snow on the ground when it's all done. Mike Groll/ Doc: The Associated Press |
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| Mark Settlemyer, left, gets help clearing snow from the roof of his mother's house from Ken Wesley , in Lancaster, N.Y. Lake-effect snow pummeled areas around Buffalo for a second straight day, leaving residents stuck in their homes as officials tried to clear massive snow mounds with another storm looming. Mike Groll/ Doc: The Associated Press |
Sumber: BBC, ALJAZEERA, THEGLOBEANMAIL
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