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| US weather - latest live updates: Airports across East Coast close as freezing temperatures drop further | |
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| The US East Coast faces freezing sub-zero temperatures, having been battered by heavy snow storms as a bomb cyclone wreaks havoc from the Atlantic. | The US East Coast faces freezing sub-zero temperatures, having been battered by heavy snow storms as a bomb cyclone wreaks havoc from the Atlantic. |
| The harsh winter weather has led to widespread travel chaos as airports, roads and schools are forced to close across the country. | The harsh winter weather has led to widespread travel chaos as airports, roads and schools are forced to close across the country. |
| Even Florida has not escaped the chill, with reports reaching us of frozen iguanas dropping from trees after being rendered immobile by the extraordinary cold. | Even Florida has not escaped the chill, with reports reaching us of frozen iguanas dropping from trees after being rendered immobile by the extraordinary cold. |
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| From Baltimore to Caribou, Maine, efforts were under way to clear roadways of ice and snow as wind chill temperatures were to plunge during the day, reaching -40 C (-40 F) in some parts after sundown, according to the National Weather Service. | From Baltimore to Caribou, Maine, efforts were under way to clear roadways of ice and snow as wind chill temperatures were to plunge during the day, reaching -40 C (-40 F) in some parts after sundown, according to the National Weather Service. |
| The brutal cold was forecast to reach from New England across to the Midwest and down to the Carolinas, forecasters warned, adding that low-temperature records could be broken across the broad region in the coming days. | The brutal cold was forecast to reach from New England across to the Midwest and down to the Carolinas, forecasters warned, adding that low-temperature records could be broken across the broad region in the coming days. |
| Utility companies across the East worked to repair downed power lines early in the day as about 31,000 customers remained without electricity, down from almost 80,000 the day before, and issued warnings that temperatures may become dangerously low. | Utility companies across the East worked to repair downed power lines early in the day as about 31,000 customers remained without electricity, down from almost 80,000 the day before, and issued warnings that temperatures may become dangerously low. |
| “If the temperature in your home begins to fall, we recommend taking shelter elsewhere until service can be restored,” National Grid power company, which serves Massachusetts, said on Twitter. | “If the temperature in your home begins to fall, we recommend taking shelter elsewhere until service can be restored,” National Grid power company, which serves Massachusetts, said on Twitter. |
| The storm, with winds gusts of more than 70 miles per hour (113 kph), dumped a foot (30 cm) or more of snow throughout the region, including Boston and parts New Jersey and Maine, where heavy snow continued to fall early on Friday. | The storm, with winds gusts of more than 70 miles per hour (113 kph), dumped a foot (30 cm) or more of snow throughout the region, including Boston and parts New Jersey and Maine, where heavy snow continued to fall early on Friday. |
| The wintry weather has been blamed for at least 17 deaths in the past few days, including three in North Carolina traffic accidents and three in Texas because of the cold. | The wintry weather has been blamed for at least 17 deaths in the past few days, including three in North Carolina traffic accidents and three in Texas because of the cold. |
| Reuters contributed to this report | Reuters contributed to this report |