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Record-breaking cold closes U.S. schools and even sends penguins inside
Friday, January 9, 2015 7:58
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Record-breaking cold that gripped the U.S. East and Midwest on Thursday snarled travel, shut schools, filled homeless shelters and even led to zoo penguins being ordered inside.
Snow expected to accumulate to 3 feet (1 meter) deep was falling in upstate New York near Watertown, and snow already blanketing South Dakota was whipped by winds into a “ground blizzard” that made driving treacherous, said meteorologist Dan Petersen of the National Weather Service.
The coldest place in the country on Thursday was Estcourt Station, the northernmost point in Maine, with temperatures of minus 38 degrees F (minus 39 C), he said …. http://www.reuters.com
Source: http://luismmx.blogspot.com/2015/01/record-breaking-cold-closes-us-schools.html
