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

Extreme Winter Snowstorm in the US Leaves Buildings Covered in Icicles

Dec 26, 2022 | A deadly blizzard has paralysed Buffalo, New York, trapping motorists in their cars, knocking out electricity to thousands of homes and raising the death toll from a severe winter storm system that has frozen much of the US for days. Buildings around the edges of Lake Eerie have been left looking like ice castles after days of heavy snow and high winds created conditions that local officials said were probably the most severe since 1977. The New York governor, Kathy Hochul, said a deadly blizzard pummelling Buffalo over the holiday would go down in history as one of the worst. 'We are in a war, this is a war with mother nature,' Hochul said US storm: dozens of lives lost as Arctic freeze takes hold ‘Life-threatening hazard’: 28 dead in Arctic storm battering US

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AND IN JAPAN:

Heavy snow in Japan kills at least 17: Many deaths caused by people falling from roofs or being buried underneath thick piles of snow sliding off rooftops »

Cold Weather Alert Issued in England as Lows of -10C Possible

THE GUARDIAN: Health agency warns of frost and wintry showers across UK from Wednesday as Arctic airmass hits

The UK health security agency (UKHSA) has issued a cold weather alert for England, as temperatures were expected to plunge to -10C in some places with possible wintry showers and snow.

The severe conditions, brought by an Arctic maritime airmass and expected to start on Wednesday evening and last until Monday 12 December, could lead to disruption and increased health risks for vulnerable people.

The level 3 alert, which requires social and healthcare services to take action to protect high-risk groups, comes as temperatures are expected to drop across much of the UK late on Wednesday. » | Miranda Bryant | Monday, December 5, 2022

Weather tracker: high pressure drags cold Arctic air towards UK: Wintry conditions will arrive this week, with temperatures plummeting and possibility of snow showers »

Crippling Ice Storm Takes Aim at Central US

Chief meteorologist Rich Reichmuth reports from the Fox Weather Center