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Miami (USA).- The "severe weather" will hit the United States starting this Friday, with storms, tornadoes and winter cold in the Midwest, the center and the east of the country, after a heat wave that carries temperatures above the historical average, warned the National Weather Service (NWS).
The agency warned of an "extended severe weather" and "threats of flash flooding" in the Midwest and central and southern plains regions of the country, as well as a "late winter weather" in northern US states.
"The cold front will end the much-above-average hot conditions from the central to eastern US by the weekend," the NWS noted in its forecast.
In particular, it warned of the danger of "severe" thunderstorms, "giant" hail, "strong" tornadoes, and wind gusts of 60 to 90 miles per hour (96.5 to 144.8 kilometers per hour) in areas of the Midwest, the Missouri Valley, and the Great Plains.
The cities that will face the greatest risks will be Chicago, Kansas City, Tulsa, Wichita and Madison, followed by Milwaukee, Oklahoma City, St. Louis, Des Moines, Dallas, Fort Worth, Omaha, Minneapolis and Arlington.
"Beyond the mentioned threats of thunderstorms, winter weather remains in the forecast, with a likely winter mix in the north and west," the report indicated.
The forecast comes after the United States, particularly areas on the border with Mexico, faced an "anomalous" early heat wave in March with temperatures more typical of summer that exceeded 37 degrees Celsius and broke records in dozens of cities, according to the NWS.
Although this above-average heat remained on the morning of this Friday in "large parts" of the eastern and central United States, afterwards there would be "much colder" temperatures below the average for the same season in previous years, remarked the Meteorological Service.
Climate fluctuations have shaken the United States, which reported the second warmest winter on record despite the winter storms that made headlines in February, only behind 2023-2024, according to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA).
