Dangerous Subzero Wind Chills Blanket Much of the U.S.

THE NEW YORK TIMES: More than 100 million people were under a wind chill warning or advisory on Sunday as an “Arctic blast” blanketed the country. Two people were killed in Oregon after trees fell on their homes.

Attendees headed to a rally for former President Donald J. Trump in Indianola, Iowa, on Sunday, the eve of the Iowa caucuses. Wind chill readings in the state have been well below zero. | Haiyun Jiang for The New York Times
More than 100 million people in the United States were under a wind chill warning or advisory on Sunday as an “Arctic blast” enveloped huge parts of the country, while the South was expected to get snow and the Northeast braced for blinding wind-driven squalls, forecasters said.

The National Weather Service reported wind chill readings on Sunday of 19 degrees below zero in Arkansas, 9 degrees below zero in Dallas and 60 degrees below zero in Montana. Rapid City, S.D., reached its previous record low of 23 degrees below zero, forecasters said. Low temperatures are expected to grip most of the country through the middle of the week.

“These wind chills will pose a risk of frostbite on exposed skin and hypothermia,” the Weather Service said. “Have a cold survival kit if you must travel.”

The extreme weather has proved to be dangerous in other ways. Strong winds knocked a tree onto a home in northwest Lake Oswego, Ore., on Saturday morning, killing a man inside, said Sgt. Tom Harper, of the Lake Oswego Police Department. More than 100 trees fell in the area over the weekend, he said. » | Anastasia Marks, Aimee Ortiz and Rebecca Carballo | Sunday, January 14, 2024