As blustery, snowy weather began moving into southern Quebec on Sunday, there were at least two major pileups on highways not far from Montreal involving dozens of vehicles.
A pileup on westbound Highway 40 in Saint-Sulpice, about 20 kilometres east of Montreal, caused severe congestion for several kilometres earlier in the day. Provincial police say more than 75 vehicles were involved, but only minor injuries were reported.
Monday, February 26, 2018, 1:33 PM - A serious multi-vehicle crash on the Coquihalla Highway in British Columbia Sunday sent 29 people to hospital.
According to B.C. Emergency Health Services (BCEHS), injuries ranged from stable to critical. Over 130 uninjured people were taken to a warming centre in Hope. Multiple ground and air units were called to the scene.
Monday, February 26, 2018, 1:33 PM - A serious multi-vehicle crash on the Coquihalla Highway in British Columbia Sunday sent 29 people to hospital.
According to B.C. Emergency Health Services (BCEHS), injuries ranged from stable to critical. Over 130 uninjured people were taken to a warming centre in Hope. Multiple ground and air units were called to the scene.
US weather: Hell freezes over as polar vortex triggers coldest freeze in a generation
At least 12 people have died in record-low temperatures trigged by the polar vortex, which has stretched parts of the nation's infrastructure to breaking point.
And, perhaps suitably, a town in Michigan called Hell has frozen over, according to local reports, with one groundskeeper telling a news outlet, “It’s a brutal day in Hell. It’s colder than hell.”
Thousands of flights have been cancelled, and the US postal service is partially suspended. In Chicago, which has been as cold as the Arctic at times, heavily dressed repair crews hustled to keep public utilities from failing, while officials lit train tracks on fire in order to prevent them from malfunctioning in the historic cold.
