The US declared a state of emergency due to snow storms

The US declared a state of emergency in five states, before the snowstorm fell in Washington DC and affected regions from the Mid-Atlantic to New England on weekends. Blizzard is expected to attack many areas in the US weekend.

On January 21, officials in Pennsylvania, Tennessee, Maryland, Virginia and North Carolina issued a state of emergency after a forecast of snow storms hit the capital in the coming days. Some US airlines announced flight cancellations due to concerns about snow storms.

Strong winds and life-threatening winds are expected to appear in those areas from January 22 to January 23 (local time).

The mayors of cities announced that the state of emergency would take effect after the peak of the morning of January 22. Public schools will close and mayors call on "unnecessary" government employees to stay at work at noon the same day.

Blizzard is expected to attack many areas in the US weekend.(Photo: USA Today).

The National Weather Forecast Center said that snowfall from 30 to 40cm could appear from January 22 to January 24 around the corridor of Interstate 95, east of the United States.

According to Louis Uccellini, director of the weather service agency, snowfall in the next 3 days could cause losses of up to $ 1 billion and paralyze 1/3 of the eastern region of the United States.

"It could become an extremely dangerous storm, affecting more than 50 million people," Uccellini said.

Mitchell Gaines of the National Weather Forecast Center in Mount Holly, New Jersey, said people need to be prepared for heavy, heavy winds, heavy snowfall and power outages.

Weather forecaster Paul Kocin compares the next snowstorm to Snowmageddon, one of two storms that struck Washington in 2010, with more than 75cm of snowfall in some areas.

Light snowfall during peak hours on January 20 leads to bottlenecks across Washington and some places even last longer. Traffic was smooth on the morning of January 21, but in some elevated roads, ramps and streets covered by snow, the traffic flow was still congested.

Earlier, the mayor of Washington, Muriel Bowser, on behalf of city officials apologized for poor handling that led to accidents and traffic jams after less than 2cm of snow on January 21."We need more resources," she said.