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Bulldozers are moving snow following a winter storm.
Lindsay DeDario poses for a picture.
The storm, estimated to be more than 3000 kilometres wide, hit the US as far south as Texas and the Canadian provinces of Quebec and Ontario.
In Buffalo, New York, more than 120 centimetres of snow fell in a 72 hour period. Millions of people faced huge disruption to their holiday travel plans, with thousands of flights canceled and major roads blocked by snow.
The storm was caused by the polar vortex, which is a cold air mass in the north. Humans may be to blame for the instability in polar weather systems.
One of the fastest-warming regions in the world is the northern part of the planet. The polar jet stream is a highaltitude air current that pushes warm air into the northern part of the planet while driving cold air south.
The weather is expected to get worse in the new year. The Great Lakes region of the US will be hit by heavy snow, freezing rain and severe storms from 3 January, according to the US National Weather Service. It said that snowstorms will cause snow-covered roads, reduced visibility, and difficult-to-impossible travel in Nebraska, South Dakota and Minnesota.
The first of several storms is expected to hit the state over the next few days.
The start of the year brought record high temperatures as North America battles freezing rain and heavy snow. The Netherlands, Poland, and the Czech Republic all recorded their warmest January days on 1 January.
On the first day of the year, the temperature in Korbielw and Jodownik was 19C (64F), far higher than the 1C (34F) average temperature. In Germany, over a thousand monthly temperature records were broken in the first three days of the new year.
It followed a year of record warmth across Europe in 2022, which saw the UK register its hottest ever year and Europe experience the highest summer temperatures on record.
The average global temperature is expected to be between 1.08C and 1.32C in 2023, making it one of the warmest years on record. Nick Dunstone at the Met Office said in a press release that the forecast was affected by the end of a La Nia climate event which has had a cooling effect on global average temperatures for the past three years.
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