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January 07, 2014

Arctic air brings record cold to huge swath of US
Chicago (AFP) Jan 06, 2014
Dangerously cold arctic air swept across a huge swath of the United States on Monday, making travel treacherous, forcing schools to close and prompting officials to plead with residents to stay indoors. A shift in a weather pattern known as the "polar vortex" triggered a drastic drop in temperatures to lows not seen in two decades, and coincided with wind chill warnings in much of the east of the country. Comertown, Montana recorded the lowest wind chill value so far at -63 Fahrenheit (-53 Celsi ... read more

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