Cold front to advance through the United States with extreme weather this week; between 4 and 8 inches of snow are estimated

Snow accumulations are estimated between 4 and 8 inches, mainly from central and northern Vermont to western Maine. United States.- A succession of extreme weather threats has put millions of Americans on alert, as the country faces snowstorms, destructive winds, and record temperatures in different regions at the beginning of the week. On Sunday, the northern United States suffered blizzard conditions that left roads impassable and, as the storm moves east, forecasts warn of the possibility of tornadoes and a sharp drop in temperature, according to CBS News. By Monday evening, between 33 and 36 inches (84-91 cm) of snow had accumulated in areas of Michigan and Wisconsin, the highest accumulation report from the storm, according to Nikki Nolan, a CBS News meteorologist. Meanwhile, the West is experiencing a heat wave and Hawaii is recording floods after torrential rains that reached up to 20 inches (51 cm) in 24 hours, a figure confirmed by the mayor of Maui, Richard Bissen, to the aforementioned media.

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The storm system brought blizzards and dangerous travel conditions over the weekend across the Northern Plains and Upper Great Lakes, advancing toward the East Coast and raising the alert level from Washington D.C. to the mid-Atlantic states. As a result, classes were canceled in numerous locations in Michigan and Wisconsin, including Milwaukee and Marquette, according to the National Weather Service. In the last hours of Monday, more than 600 flights were canceled at Minneapolis-Saint Paul International Airport and another 550 flights were affected at Chicago O’Hare and Midway airports, according to the flight tracking platform FlightAware cited by CBS News.