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Reuters

Two-thirds of the continental United States will be a frozen ice box on Tuesday, as the so-called polar vortex of frigid Arctic air spins across the US Midwest, clips the Great Lakes, the Ohio Valley and pushes on into New England.
The sub-zero cold and bitter winds will stick around for a couple of days, possibly bringing dozens of record lows with a life-threatening freeze before dissipating by the weekend, the National Weather Service reported (NWS).

The polar vortex is a mass of freezing air that normally spins around the North Pole, but has slipped southwards and swirled into the US, forecasters said.
The hardest-hit area will be the Midwest, where wind chill could take temperatures as low as minus 46 degrees Celsius (minus 50 Fahrenheit) in the Chicago area by Tuesday evening, the NWS reported.
Up to half a metre (two feet) of snow was forecast in Wisconsin and 15cm (six inches) in Illinois.
Even Alabama and Mississippi could see snow, the service said.
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“This Arctic air dumps out of Canada and will affect us for days,” said Richard Bann, a forecaster with the NWS’s Weather Prediction Centre in College Park Maryland. “We’ll even get some snow this afternoon in the (Washington) DC area and because it’s so cold, there won’t be much of a warm-up Wednesday. You’ll have to wait for the weekend, before you see any higher temperatures.”

Blizzard conditions were predicted across parts of the western Ohio Valley and snow expected through Wednesday from the Great Lakes region into New England.
States of emergency have been declared from Wisconsin and Michigan, down to Alabama and Mississippi.
In Illinois, Governor J.B. Pritzker said wind chill could drive temperatures to minus 48 degrees Celsius (minus 55 degrees Fahrenheit) in northern parts of the state on Tuesday evening, a level that can cause frostbite in minutes.
“This is a potentially historic winter storm that will bring extreme cold to our state and all Illinoisans must prepare,” Pritzker said in a statement released by his office.

Parts of north and central Georgia are expecting about 5cm (two inches) of snow or more in the coming days, along with freezing rain and icy motorways. Georgia Governor Brian Kemp shut down government offices in 35 counties on Tuesday and schools across parts of the state are also closed.
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Air traffic in the region is affected, with more than 1,200 flights cancelled and as many delayed, the flight tracking site FlightAware.com reported early on Tuesday.
Atlanta-based Delta Air Lines said it would waive flight change fees for passengers affected by the winter weather in Chicago, Detroit and areas of the Upper Midwest.


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Big chill: record-breaking cold clobbers two-thirds of the US

A snow-covered street is seen in Saint Paul, U.S., January 28, 2019 in this video grab obtained from social media video. Mark J. Westpfahl/via REUTERS THIS IMAGE HAS BEEN SUPPLIED BY A THIRD PARTY. MANDATORY CREDIT. NO RESALES. NO ARCHIVES.

Chicago's El train moves along the snow-covered track Monday, Jan. 28, 2019, in Chicago. The plunging temperatures expected later this week that have forecasters especially concerned. Wind chills could dip to negative 55 degrees in northern Illinois, which the National Weather Service calls "possibly life threatening." (AP Photo/Kiichiro Sato)

A snow plough clears a road in Denver, U.S., January 22, 2019 in this video grab obtained from social media video by Reuters January 28, 2019. Denver International Airport/via REUTERS THIS IMAGE HAS BEEN SUPPLIED BY A THIRD PARTY. MANDATORY CREDIT. NO RESALES. NO ARCHIVES.

Cars covered in snow on January 28, 2019 in Wheeling, Illinois. Photo: AP

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Temperatures as low as minus 48 degrees Celsius expected in parts of the US this week as polar vortex slips southwards


Temperatures as low as minus 48 degrees Celsius expected in parts of the US this week as polar vortex slips southwards.


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Big chill: record-breaking cold clobbers two-thirds of the US

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Temperatures as low as minus 48 degrees Celsius expected in parts of the US this week as polar vortex slips southwards