More than 100 people were evacuated from the ice floe, which broke away from the coastline and began to drift into the lake in the north of Minnesota on Friday night.
The Beltram Sheriff's Sheriff's office warned on social networks on Thursday, that ice is thinner than you can normally expect. "Widespread rain, wind and not a season of warm weather in the last days have worsened ice conditions throughout the state," - said in a message with a reference to the Department of Natural Resources of Minnesota.
In recent days, there have been many cases of failure through the ice of vehicles for recreation, fishing houses and steering - portable shelters that are used for lean fishing.
"For most years, the ice was thick enough for vehicles and steering, and we watched a constant procession from them that was heading north," Sheriff Riggs said on Thursday. “But this year is not“ most years old ”.”
On the same day, when warned, two men in the ATV fell under the ice. They were able to get out of water without injuries.
"I am glad that everyone is safe tonight, but our rescuers need a break," the sheriff's office reported on social networks on Friday night after the last incident, expressing hope for cooling.
According to the National Meteorological Service, it was the hottest day of Christmas in the history of observations in the city cities, and the ice festival in the Minnesota, planned for January, was canceled .
At the end of the month, 95 percent of Minnesota was actually free from the snow cover, the department reported. In parts of the Northern and Northeast Minnesota, "this is the only fixed case without snow cover during this week."
