Most of Canada is experiencing extreme cold these days, with high wind, blizzards and freezing rain bringing the temperatures down to minus 60 degrees Celsius in some regions.
Bitterly cold winds swept across western Canada Monday, bringing the area the coldest cold snap this year. Winds up to 80 kilometers an hour are still blowing Wednesday, making already cold temperatures feel like minus 50.
The cold has claimed at least one young victim on an aboriginal reserve in Saskatchewan. A three-year-old was found frozen to death and her one-year-old sister is missing. Their father is in hospital under treatment for frostbite and hypothermia.
In Saskatchewan, Alberta, Manitoba as well as British Columbia, many stayed at home from work Monday, school buses were canceled, garbage collection were delayed, as heavy snowfall and high winds made traffic especially difficult.
Further north, most communities of Nunavut are under extreme wind-chill warnings Wednesday with temperatures expected to fall to minus 60. In the Yukon and Northwest Territories, it went to minus 45 in Yellowknife and minus 42 in Whitehorse.
The sharp cold front is sweeping eastwards Wednesday. Most of Ontario and some of Quebec is warned of high wind, which is estimated to be about 60 kilometers per hour and could peak at 100to 120 km/h.
Canada's biggest city Toronto is under a flash freeze warning Wednesday. Temperatures are predicted to drop sharply to minus 8 Wednesday after experiencing 7 degrees Celsius Tuesday with rain. Roads could become an ice rink, experts say.
The Atlantic provinces also expect strong winds, ice storm and freezing rain Wednesday, which will result in sharp drops in temperatures.
Source: Xinhua
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