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January 9, 2014

21 Killed as Polar Vortex Eases Across U.S. 
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The death toll from record-shattering cold across the United States has
risen to at least 21. Several of the victims are homeless people who
froze to death. Frigid temperatures are beginning to ease after the
blast of Arctic air enveloped swaths of the Midwest, Northeast and even
the Deep South.

 

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