Snowtober

A devastating snowstorm hit the East Coast of the United States over the weekend. This has left more than 2 million homes without electricity. In some parts, it is said that 76cm of snow has fell; causing 23 deaths. To help the victims, crews have been brought in from as far as Michigan and Canada. They say that it could be a week until everyone gets their power back.

As it is only November, most people were surprised that it is snowing so early this year. On halloween, pumpkins were covered in snow, and some of the kids have been told not to go 'trick or treating' as it might be dangerous. Because there has been so much snow, trees have been collapsing onto roads and killing several people. The people of America are calling it 'Shocktober' because it has only snowed, at this time of year, four times in over 100 years. During this disaster schools were closed, and power lines were severly damaged. With so much snow, there is obviously going to be a lot of water after it all melts.

People are saying that the 'snow cloud' will slowly drift towards us. There might be about a metre of snow this year. If this does happen to us then it will cause massive problems for adults, because they won't be able to get to work; which means there will be less money. Less money means less christmas presents, not a good thing for some of us kids. When it snows, children are always happy because they get time off school, and get to have snowball fights with their friends. Will all this happen to us this year? How much snow will there be? We will just have to find out, and it seems that we won't have to wait for long...