On January 11, many schools in the Northeast of the United States had to let students go to school due to severe weather because of snow and ice covered with cold, cold winds and a deep drop in temperature.

Nearly 107,000 students at all schools in the three largest public education regions in Massachusetts, Boston, Worcester and Springfield, had to miss school.

In addition, students in the cities of Syracuse (New York state), Manchester (New Hampshire state) and Burlington (Vermont state) were also unable to go to school due to the cold weather.

Worcester city government said the COVID-19 epidemic, leading to a shortage of school bus drivers, was also a reason why the authorities made the decision to close schools to avoid students having to wait too long. at pick-up stops during cold weather.

The US National Meteorological Center (NWS) on January 11 announced a cold air mass swept across the New England region (including 6 states in the northeast of the United States) and covered most of Massachusetts, accompanied by strong winds. The cold makes people in the area feel that the temperature seems to be lower than -18 degrees Celsius.

On Twitter, the NWS office in the city of Boston urged people to dress warmly when they had to go out to avoid frostbite. Meanwhile, the Rhode Island State Emergency Management Agency announced the opening of public shelters with heating systems at 33 locations on January 11 to serve people to avoid cold weather.

According to the NWS forecast, the situation will improve when a warmer air mass moves to the Northeast of the United States in the early morning of January 12 (local time).