Midwest Polar Vortex in Pictures: Niagara Falls, Lake Michigan and Chicago River Frozen

Several good pics at link.
It finally hit above ZERO here in mid WI an hour ago---One above now.





Midwest Polar Vortex in Pictures: Niagara Falls, Lake Michigan and Chicago River Frozen

https://www.newsweek.com/polar-vortex-weather-chicago-niagara-falls-lake-michigan-1312678?slide=4




By David Sim and Eve Watling On 1/31/19 at 6:28 AM

Images that illustrate the extreme weather, from frozen eyebrows in Chicago to snow-caked pedestrians in New York.




The freak cold snap looks likely to continue. CNN said that over 200 million people will see temperatures at or below freezing over the next few days. The U.S. Postal Service wrote on Twitter that they have suspended delivery across parts of the Midwest “to ensure the safety and well-being of our employees.”

The cold snap has claimed a number of lives, including a University of Iowa student found outside a campus building on Wednesday. The same day, a 70-year-old man was found dead on a street in Detroit. Other weather-related deaths have been reported as far afield as Indiana, Illinois, Wisconsin and Minnesota.

Residents of Chicago will be facing lows of minus 22 degrees Fahrenheit on Thursday, although sharp winds will make it seem colder. Much of the Chicago river has already frozen over, and over 4,000 flights were canceled on Wednesday and Thursday................................

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