Après la neige et le vent, le froid frappe la côte est des États-Unis
CORRECTS SOURCE TO THE STAR NEWS - Kevin Cagle heads out to surf along Wrightsville Beach, N.C. Thursday Jan. 4, 2017. Just over 3 inches of snow covered the area after a winter storm moved through late last night. Areas along North Carolina's coast are reporting wind gusts of hurricane strength as part of a winter storm that's moving up the East Coast. (Ken Blevins/The Star-News via AP)Photo: AP
CORRECTS SOURCE TO THE STAR NEWS – Kevin Cagle heads out to surf along Wrightsville Beach, N.C. Thursday Jan. 4, 2017. Just over 3 inches of snow covered the area after a winter storm moved through late last night. Areas along North Carolina’s coast are reporting wind gusts of hurricane strength as part of a winter storm that’s moving up the East Coast. (Ken Blevins/The Star-News via AP)
A workers clears snow from the street in Boston’s Seaport district on Friday, Jan. 5, 2018, following Thursday’s snowstorm. (AP Photo/Bill Sikes)
A woman passes an ice-covered fountain in New York’s Bryant Park, Friday, Jan. 5, 2018. Frigid temperatures, some that could feel as cold as minus 30 degrees, moved across the East Coast on Friday as the region attempted to clean up from a massive winter storm. (AP Photo/Mark Lennihan)
A person walks a dog past plowed snow as wind-whipped snow swirls in Boston’s Seaport district on Friday, Jan. 5, 2018, following Thursday’s snowstorm. Frigid temperatures, some that could feel as cold as minus 30 degrees, moved across the East Coast on Friday as the region attempted to clean up from a massive winter storm that brought more than a foot of snow, hurricane-force winds and coastal flooding a day earlier. (AP Photo/Bill Sikes)
CORRECTS SOURCE TO THE STAR NEWS – Juliette Rotondo makes a snow angel along Wrightsville Beach, N.C. Thursday, Jan. 4, 2017. Just over 3 inches of snow covered the area after a winter storm moved through late last night. Areas along North Carolina’s coast are reporting wind gusts of hurricane strength as part of a winter storm that’s moving up the East Coast. (Ken Blevins/The Star-News via AP)
CORRECTS SOURCE TO THE STAR NEWS – Justin Parr and Shane Berns get in a snowball fight after surfing at Wrightsville Beach, N.C. Thursday Jan. 4, 2017. Just over 3 inches of snow covered the area after a winter storm moved through late last night. Areas along North Carolina’s coast are reporting wind gusts of hurricane strength as part of a winter storm that’s moving up the East Coast. (Ken Blevins/The Star-News via AP)
CORRECTS SOURCE TO THE STAR NEWS Leland Police look after a jack knifed truck along 74/76 in Leland, N.C. just before the Brunswick River Bridge Jan. 4, 2017. Just over 3 inches of snow covered the area after a winter storm moved through late last night. Areas along North Carolina’s coast are reporting wind gusts of hurricane strength as part of a winter storm that’s moving up the East Coast. (Ken Blevins/The Star-News via AP)
CORRECTS SOURCE TO THE STAR NEWS – A snowman was built along the shore in Wrightsville Beach, N.C. early Thursday morning Jan. 4, 2017. Just over 3 inches of snow covered the area after a winter storm moved through late last night. Areas along North Carolina’s coast are reporting wind gusts of hurricane strength as part of a winter storm that’s moving up the East Coast. (Ken Blevins/The Star-News via AP)
CORRECTS SOURCE TO THE STAR NEWS – Homes along Banks Channel in Wrightsville Beach, N.C. are covered in snow Thursday Jan. 4, 2017. Areas along North Carolina’s coast are reporting wind gusts of hurricane strength as part of a winter storm that’s moving up the East Coast. (Ken Blevins/The Star-News via AP)
A man peers through a fogged and snow blown window while watching for a delayed Metro North train, Thursday, Jan. 4, 2018, in Yonkers, N.Y. A massive winter storm roared into the East Coast on Thursday, dumping as much as 18 inches of snow from the Carolinas to Maine and unleashing hurricane-force winds that closed schools and offices and canceled thousands of flights. (AP Photo/Julie Jacobson)
A Boston firefighter wades through flood waters from Boston Harbor on Long Wharf in Boston, Thursday, Jan. 4, 2018. A massive winter storm swept from the Carolinas to Maine on Thursday, dumping snow along the coast and bringing strong winds that will usher in possible record-breaking cold. (AP Photo/Michael Dwyer)
A car sits in floodwaters from Boston Harbor on Long Wharf in Boston, Thursday, Jan. 4, 2018. A massive winter storm swept from the Carolinas to Maine on Thursday, dumping snow along the coast and bringing strong winds that will usher in possible record-breaking cold. (AP Photo/Michael Dwyer)
Boston firefighters work at the scene of flooding from Boston Harbor on Long Wharf in Boston, Thursday, Jan. 4, 2018. A massive winter storm swept from the Carolinas to Maine on Thursday, dumping snow along the coast and bringing strong winds that will usher in possible record-breaking cold. (AP Photo/Michael Dwyer)
Ice forms around boats docked at Scituate Harbor, Thursday, Jan. 4, 2018, in Scituate, Mass. A massive winter storm roared into the East Coast on Thursday, threatening to dump as much as 18 inches of snow from the Carolinas to Maine and unleashing hurricane-force winds and damaging flooding. (Greg Derr/The Quincy Patriot Ledger via AP)
Water rushes over the seawall between two houses on Ocean Avenue Thursday, Jan. 4, 2018, in Scituate, Mass. The National Weather Service has issued a blizzard warning for Thursday that extends from eastern Long Island north to coastal New Hampshire and Maine. Most of the rest of southern New England is under a winter storm watch. (AP Photo/Stephan Savoia)
Sea water runs off of a flooded Hatherly Road near the intersection of Jerricho Road in Scituate Harbor Thursday, Jan. 4, 2018, in Scituate, Mass. The National Weather Service has issued a blizzard warning for Thursday that extends from eastern Long Island north to coastal New Hampshire and Maine. Most of the rest of southern New England is under a winter storm watch. (AP Photo/Stephan Savoia)
People look at a display that shows mostly cancelled flights at Newark Liberty International Airport in Newark, N.J., Thursday, Jan. 4, 2018. Residents across a huge swath of the U.S. awakened Thursday to the beginnings of a massive winter storm expected to deliver snow, ice and high winds followed by possible record-breaking cold as it moves up the Eastern Seaboard from the Carolinas to Maine. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig)
Ajamu Gumbs of New York makes his way to a bus station during a snowstorm in Atlantic City, N.J., Thursday, Jan. 4, 2018. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke)
Umoja Blanks, center, and Devin Brown, left, help to dig out a stranger’s stranded truck during a winter snowstorm in Atlantic City, N.J., Thursday, Jan. 4, 2018. State government offices were closed, and NJ Transit reported lighter-than-normal ridership. Gov. Chris Christie declared a state of emergency for four coastal counties. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke)
This satellite image provided by NOAA shows a powerful nor’easter winter storm moving up the U.S. eastern seaboard on Thursday, Jan. 4, 2018. (NOAA via AP)
Steam and snow blow around a man who stopped to take a photo in Midtown Manhattan during a snow storm, Thursday, Jan. 4, 2018. A massive winter storm swept from the Carolinas to Maine on Thursday, dumping snow along the coast and bringing strong winds that will usher in possible record-breaking cold. (AP Photo/Mary Altaffer)
Snow falls over Times Square, Thursday, Jan. 4, 2018, in New York. A massive winter storm swept from the Carolinas to Maine on Thursday, dumping snow along the coast and bringing strong winds that will usher in possible record-breaking cold. (AP Photo/Mary Altaffer)
Chunks of ice float on the Sandy Hook Bay following a snowstorm that hit the New Jersey Shore, Thursday, Jan. 4, 2018, in Highlands, N.J. A massive winter storm swept from the Carolinas to Maine on Thursday, dumping snow along the coast and bringing strong winds that will usher in possible record-breaking cold. (AP Photo/Julio Cortez)
A vehicle parked on Abbott Avenue is surrounded by snowdrifts during a snowstorm that hit the New Jersey Shore, Thursday, Jan. 4, 2018, in Ocean Grove, N.J. A massive winter storm swept from the Carolinas to Maine on Thursday, dumping snow along the coast and bringing strong winds that will usher in possible record-breaking cold. (AP Photo/Julio Cortez)
A boat sits on a lift as chunks of snow and ice float near the dock of a home following a snowstorm that hit the New Jersey Shore, Thursday, Jan. 4, 2018, in Highlands, N.J. A massive winter storm swept from the Carolinas to Maine on Thursday, dumping snow along the coast and bringing strong winds that will usher in possible record-breaking cold. (AP Photo/Julio Cortez)
Large chunks of sea ice strewn Ferry Street in front of a flooded house as a utilities truck passes through a nearby intersection Thursday, Jan. 4, 2018, in Marshfield, Mass. The National Weather Service has issued a blizzard warning for Thursday that extends from eastern Long Island north to coastal New Hampshire and Maine. Most of the rest of southern New England is under a winter storm watch. (AP Photo/Stephan Savoia)
Youths play ice hockey on a frozen pond at Philadelphia’s Franklin Delano Roosevelt Park during a winter storm, Thursday, Jan. 4, 2018. (AP Photo/Matt Slocum)
BOSTON — Des températures glaciales sévissaient sur la côte Est américaine vendredi alors que la région tentait de se remettre de la spectaculaire tempête hivernale du jour précédent, qui a laissé plus de 30 centimètres de neige et provoqué des inondations dans plusieurs zones côtières.
Les météorologues ont prédit que les vents violents et le froid polaire se poursuivraient durant tout le week-end de la Nouvelle-Angleterre jusqu’à la Virginie.
Le mercure devrait osciller entre moins 15 et moins 25 degrés Celsius de Philadelphie à Boston et entre 10 et 15 degrés Celsius dans des États comme le Maryland et la Virginie.
Née il y a quelques jours dans le golfe du Mexique, la tempête avait d’abord frappé la Floride. Jeudi, elle avait semé le chaos le long de la côte dans le sud-est des États-Unis. Les rafales ont atteint 113 kilomètres à l’heure à certains endroits et des régions ont reçu jusqu’à 46 centimètres de neige.
La tempête a forcé la fermeture d’écoles et d’entreprises, perturbé les services aériens et ferroviaires, et causé des milliers de pannes de courant.
Dans le sud du pays, le temps hivernal a obligé les autorités à installer des toilettes portatives à l’extérieur du Capitol du Mississippi après que des tuyaux eurent éclaté dans le bâtiment. En Floride, le froid a figé les iguanes, les faisant tomber des arbres. Des résidants du sud-est de la Géorgie ont eu droit à 15 centimètres de neige, un phénomène rare dans la région.
En Nouvelle-Angleterre, les vents violents ont causé des ondes de tempête ayant atteint des niveaux historiques dans certaines collectivités, submergeant les quais, les rues et les restaurants et prenant au piège des habitants qui ont dû être secourus.
Au moins sept personnes sont décédées dans des accidents de la route liés aux conditions météorologiques.
