For Canada, the weekend was a snowy one wherein a Bomb Cyclone Blizzard hit Canada and affected parts of Newfoundland and Labrador. The snowfall has been the heaviest in a century for the province. A day’s snowfall for St. John’s was at a whopping 30 inches which was three inches more than the highest snow record of April 5, 1999.
The premier of Newfoundland has asked for military help as residents were struggling to come out of their snow buried homes. A Bomb Cyclone forms when the air pressure drops 24 millibars or even more in a span of 24 hours. The entire weekend had snow piled up over eastern parts of Canada.
After giving weather in Northeast United States, the weather system became a Bomb Cyclone giving record breaking snowfall over the region.
A 26 year old man Joshua Wall, continues to remain missing after he left his Roaches Line home. Residents have been saying that never have they ever seen such a weather wherein the rate of snowfall has been that fast, winds have been that strong.
Moreover, winds were recorded between 120 to 150 kmph during the time of the storm. States of emergency were declared in not only St. John’s but various other communities in adjoining areas.
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