A powerful icy storm system is sweeping across the US, resulting in temperatures dropping to -29C and lower as well as deaths, power cuts and massive travel disruption.
Yesterday the winter storm began pushing up the country’s densely-populated Eastern Seaboard, and forecasters say it will continue to drop freezing rain, sleet and snow on cities from West Virginia to Maine.
A severe warning was issued by the Government’s National Weather Service (NWS) at the weekend, and officials say temperatures will remain low until late on Monday (local time) when the system exits to the northeast.
On Saturday, the mercury dropped to -29C in Montana and South Dakota during the day, while officials warned residents in northwest Minnesota to brace for temperatures as low as -45C with the impact of wind chill .... http://www.independent.co.uk
