US Midwest to see lowest temperatures for 40 years
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Many parts of the US Midwest were braced for a blast of Arctic air that could bring some of the coldest temperatures in two decades before advancing to the northeast, where residents are still digging out from a deadly snowstorm.
Yesterday, the deep freeze was beginning to be felt in the northern US plains, including North and South Dakota, and through the Great Lakes region and Ohio Valley, according to the National Weather Service.
Blizzard conditions are expected in the Central Plains and Great Lakes regions, forecasters said.
“The last really big Arctic outbreak was 1994,” said forecaster Bob Oravec. “Outbreaks like this don’t occur every day.”
In northeast Canada, about 110,000 customers were without power due to a transformer fire on Saturday linked to heavy snow, officials said.
The push of Arctic air could bring record low temperatures from Montana to Michigan, before moving northeast, where it will arrive early tomorrow. Temperatures in Chicago could drop to about minus 29 degrees Celsius) and Pittsburgh could see temperatures of minus 24 degrees.
“You grin and bear it and bundle up,” said Rachel Osowski, a clerk at Hugo’s Supermarket in Grand Forks. “You have to survive and function, you can’t let the weather stop you.”
In such conditions, frostbite can set in on exposed skin within five minutes, forecasters warned.
Preparing for the dangerous weather, officials in several states asked residents to use extra precautions when outdoors.
Minnesota Governor Mark Dayton has ordered all public schools in the state closed today to protect children from dangerously cold weather.
Chicago schools will be open but education officials advised parents to “use their own discretion” in deciding whether to send their children to school.
In Pittsburgh, the transition team for Mayor-elect Bill Peduto said his inauguration ceremony would be moved from the steps of the local government building to an indoor venue today because of the weather.
Officials in Kentucky, which could see up to 20 centimeters of snow and freezing temperatures, were warning people to avoid road travel and stay indoors.
Schools will remain closed in Nashville, Tennessee, until Wednesday, a day after winter break was supposed to end, local officials said.
The storm comes on the heels of a massive weather system that slammed the US Midwest and Northeast just after New Year’s Day, causing several deaths, grounding thousands of flights and forcing schools and government offices to close. Boston was especially hard-hit, logging about 45 centimeters of snow.
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