So Much For Global Warming

THE BIG FREEZE 

Sharks freeze and Niagara Falls turns to ice in -37C temperatures colder than MARS as America braces for the chilliest New Year’s Eve in 50 years

Extreme cold descends of much of the United States as 220million Americans wrap up for coldest New Year in living memory

By Neal Baker

30th December 2017, 1:13 pm

Updated: 30th December 2017, 3:48 pm

THE US is colder than the surface of Mars and Niagara Falls has turned to ice as temperatures plummet to record-breaking lows — leading to frozen sharks washing up on the beach.

It is set to be the coldest New Year in living memory as 220 million Americans wrap up to face lows of -37 degrees Celsius.

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Niagara Falls froze over as temperatures plummeted across the United States

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Lows are being forecast well into the minus figures even in Fahrenheit this weekend

The crippling cold has brought transit systems grinding to a halt in Boston while there were 30 crashes in one Michigan county alone on Friday morning due to treacherous icy roads.

Fountains froze over in New York where New Years Eve partygoers are being warned to lay off the booze and bring some hand warmers to see the famous big ball drop in Times Square as forecasters say it will hit -11C.

The National Weather Service has warned of hypothermia and frostbite across the country.

A dog in Ohio was found frozen solid on a front porch — while three Atlantic White Sharks have been found frozen solid having been washed up on Cape Cod Bay, Massachusetts over the last three days.

The Atlantic White Shark Conservancy said: "We hauled the shark off the beach and it is currently thawing at NOAA Fisheries Service to be dissected later. A true sharkcicle!".

A temperature of -35C was recorded in Mount Washington Observatory in New Hampshire — the highest peak in the northeastern United States — breaking a record set back in 1933.

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A shark was found frozen solid on a Massachusetts beach amid the record-breaking temperatures

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The Atlantic White Shark Conservancy said it had found three dead thresher sharks stranded on the shore of the Cape Cod Bay in Brewster, south of Boston, in the last three days

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Temperatures reached a crippling -37C in New Hampshire, while Niagara Falls in New York State froze

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The landmark looked more like Narnia as ice formed across the waterfall

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Tourists try to keep out the cold as they look over the picturesque scene in Niagara Falls

Such is the extreme cold that some parts of the US are chillier than the surface of Mars.

Data from the Curiosity Rover, which is roaming the red planet, shows temperatures there reached a comparatively balmy -23C on December 20.

Niagara Falls looked more like Narnia as the landmark which straddles the on the border between New York State and Canada froze over.

But the picturesque scenes do not mask the danger as the cold has already been blamed for a handful of deaths.

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Two chilly women pose for a selfie in front of the frozen fountain in New York's Central Park

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Pedestrians wrap up warm ahead of forecasted temperatures as low as -11C on New Years Eve

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Snowfall is sweeping across much of the north east United States

An 83-year-old woman died from exposure to the cold after crashing her car in eastern South Dakota.

Meanwhile, organisers are being forced to cancel a long list of New Year's celebrations.

Already winter-weary parts of the nation are dealing with a mounting number of weather-related headaches, from highway pileups to frozen pipes and a rash of car thefts.

Police in the Cincinnati area say a half-dozen cars have been stolen in recent days after being left running unattended by owners trying to warm them up.

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