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January 8, 2014

Polar Vortex Begins to Lift After 9 Deaths in U.S. 
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The death toll from frigid temperatures across the United States has
reached nine. The polar vortex set record lows in a number of cities on
Tuesday as freezing temperatures overwhelmed homeless shelters and
continued to disrupt travel by land and air. The cold will begin easing
for large parts of the country today. Cities like New York will see an
extreme jump by the weekend, from a record low of 4 degrees Fahrenheit
on Tuesday to a projected high of 55 degrees on Saturday.

 

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