It stretches from the Dakotas through Maine, with snow expected as far south as Alabama and Georgia. The Midwest was the hardest-hit region, as temperatures plunged below zero Fahrenheit (minus 18 degrees Celsius). By nightfall the mercury was hovering at 0F in Chicago, 7F (minus 14C) in Detroit and minus 21f (minus 29C) in Minneapolis. Local television pictures showed the Chicago River and Lake Michigan filled with chunks of ice. The brutal blast known as the polar vortex is a stream of cold air that spins around the stratosphere over the North Pole, but whose current has been disrupted and is now pushing south into the United States. Officials warned Chicago residents, accustomed to chilling winters, to expect an unusually deep and dangerous freeze. Even the city’s supply of its signature deep-dish pizza was affected: The Lou Malnati’s chain announced it would stop taking delivery orders at 8 p.m. on Tuesday. “This could possibly be history-making,” said Ricky Castro, a National Weather Service meteorologist in Romeoville, Illinois. As much as two feet (60 cm) of snow was forecast in Wisconsin, and six inches (15 cm) in Illinois. Snow was expected through Wednesday from the Great Lakes region into New England…. Read full this story
- Polar Vortex hits MLB ballparks across the Midwest and Northeast with heavy snow
- Surviving the Polar Vortex in a 2014 Buick Encore
- A warm weekend ahead — but another polar vortex on the horizon
- Free agency remains a polar vortex
- Yasiel Puig unfazed by daunting polar vortex conditions
- Volkswagen Snowareg is Polar Vortex’s Worse Nightmare
- 2016 Mazda MX-5 Miata Club Update 5: A New Top and Cold Air
- Holley’s new iNTECH Cold Air Intake Systems
- How to Install the JLT Cold Air Kit – Doing It Right
- 2006 Dodge Charger Cold-Air Intake Kits Install and Test
Polar vortex freezes US Midwest with snow, dangerously cold air have 300 words, post on e.vnexpress.net at January 29, 2019. This is cached page on Sport Breaking News. If you want remove this page, please contact us.
