A Texas, lokuta na carbon mizuwa guba suna girma - bayan miliyoyin mutane sun ragu ba tare da dumin mutane ba da wutar lantarki a kan zazzabi.
Houston masana daruruwan ne suka yi wa latsawa daruruwan abin da ya faru, lokacin da iyalai ke amfani da rami don barbecue, masu samar da kwayoyin ko ma motocinsu don yin ɗumi yayin sanyi.
An bayyana halin da ake ciki a matsayin "masifa a fagen lafiyar jama'a da yanayin kiwon lafiya na gaggawa" wanda ya ce da yawan masu shiga, yawan wadanda abin ya shafa ya kai "scale ".
Dokta ya ce, wanda ke aiki da asibitin likitancin Texas, Memorial Hermann, ya gaya wa NPR cewa mutane 60 suka zo a bakin ciki da yamma, ranar 8 ga Fabrairu.
"Mutane suna cikin yanke ƙauna, suna ƙoƙarin dumama kuma, suna da mahimmanci, don dumama yaransu ta amfani da wannan ma'anar don wannan," in ji shi.
"Sakamakon haka, komai ya ƙare da guba [Parnant) gas. Ba kwa jin ƙanshi. Ba ku san abin da suka guba ba har sai kun ji dadi. "
Daya daga cikin wadanda abin ya shafa shine uba mai shekaru 23 daga Honduras, wanda ya mutu a wasan kusa da yamma ranar Litinin da yamma bayan ya yi kokarin dumama danginsa tare da janareta. Kevin Ayala yana son kare dan shekaru hudu da matarsa, don haka na yanke shawarar sanya janareto a cikin dafa abinci a cikin dafa abinci.
A kimanin awa daya bayan haka, Jehobah ya fara jin gajiya kuma ya tafi gado, bayan da wani abokina ya dube shi. An kai Ayala da dangi a asibiti, amma sun kasa ceci wani mutum.
Bayan zafin jiki a Texas ya fadi -18 ° C, har zuwa 3 miliyan gidaje ba zai yiwu a dumama shi a lokacin sanyaya ba. Wannan lamari ya tsananta da gaskiyar cewa yawancin gidajen a Texas ba su da rufin zafi don yanayin sanyi, kuma yawancinsu ma sun sha wahala daga babban bututun fasali.