US officials are urging residents to help the vulnerable as a deep freeze sets in across half the country, bringing colder temperatures than those Antarctica or parts of Mars.
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| Rochelle Carlotti, 28, shovels steps near her home after a record snowfall in Erie, Pa. |
Forecasters warned people to be wary of hypothermia and frostbite from the arctic blast sweeping across from the Midwest to the Northeast, where the temperature, without wind chill factored in, plummeted to -35C degrees in parts of New York state.
In Antarctica, temperatures are currently around -16C.
The prolonged, dangerous cold weather has sent advocates for the homeless scrambling to get people off the streets and to bring in extra beds for them. Warming centres were also set up in some locations.
Segundo Rivera and Sean Stuart told The Boston Herald they were not comfortable spending the night in a shelter.
Read the story on the Independent by Lucy Pasha-Robinson - "US weather latest: Parts of country colder than Antarctica or Mars”.
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