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SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) — Wind chills dipped as low as 56 degrees below zero in northern Illinois as bitter cold weather moved into Illinois.

BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) — The frigid arctic air blanketing parts of the Midwest is setting records in the Dakotas.

Power outages and natural gas interruptions were reported in parts of the Midwest as bitterly cold weather wreaks havoc across the region.

Chicago railway employees are setting train tracks on fire to ensure trains can continue running as extreme cold freezes most of the Midwest.

AFP – Governors in Wisconsin, Illinois and Michigan declared emergencies as the worst of the cold threatened on Wednesday.

Winter’s sharpest bite in years moved past painful into life-threatening territory across parts of the Midwest Tuesday.

Record-breaking temperatures are headed towards the Midwest this week, bringing frigid conditions that could be life-threatening.

The U.S. East Coast is bracing for freezing cold temperatures and heavy snowfall this weekend, likely bringing challenging travel conditions and power outages to thousands across the regions.

A series of large storms continues to hit the entire state of California this week, bringing much-needed rain and snow that will guarantee the water supply — but also new hazards to areas already hit by recent natural disasters.

The storm which walloped the D.C. area with up to 10 inches of snow over the weekend has extended into Monday, causing major headaches for commuters and the closure a federal government agency and dozens of public schools.

Heavy snow has brought parts of Europe to a standstill. At least 21 people have died as a result of the extreme conditions, and many more have been injured, including the victims of an avalanche which hit a hotel in Switzerland. Parts of Germany and Austria remain on high alert after extreme snow in Alpine regions.
But don’t worry. None of this is real…

A near-record November snowstorm blanketed the Chicago-area with 13 inches of snow in the last 24 hours, prompting morning commute delays, wide-spread power outages, and hundreds of flights being canceled.

Parts across the Northeast United States are bracing for record cold temperatures on Thanksgiving Day, meteorologists say.

The Northeastern United States is likely in for a “frigid” Thanksgiving as chilly winds may bring “more rounds of snow and slick travel.”

In what is being described as a “messy mix” of snow, sleet, and freezing rain, winter appears to have come early to Washington, D.C., causing commute delays and school cancelations across the nation’s capital.

An unusual spring snowfall blanketed the Klein Karoo region of South Africa, bringing unusual scenes of elephants and giraffes on game farms trudging through a blanket of white powder.

Winter Storm Xanto continues to dump snow in the Midwest, Great Lakes and interior northeast and the conditions will continue into Monday, weather forecasters say.

The head teacher of a London primary school has banned pupils from “touching” the snow because he is fearful of parents suing and of children being too cold to work.

The Iowa Department of Transportation released a video showing a deadly 70-car pileup on a snow-covered freeway.

A man from Amherst, Virginia used a flamethrower to melt away snow blocking his driveway.

A Canadian man in the mood to play a trick on some snow removers made a “car” entirely out of snow fooled police officers instead.

For the first time in 28 years, it is snowing in Florida — and the storm is far from over.

The United States is facing record-setting cold temperatures after an arctic blast of cold air traveled south. The bitter cold temperatures are expected to stay through the beginning of 2018.

Erie, Pennsylvania’s Christmas may have been a little too white this year with a record amount of snowfall.

After a nearly decade-long drought, the state known for its endless summer, is now home to a seemingly endless winter, with eight feet of snow on the ground in some of the western mountain ranges.

The massive winter storm hitting California this weekend and early this week, powered by an “atmospheric river” of moisture from the Pacific Ocean, forced the closure of many Lake Tahoe ski resorts Sunday due to extreme weather conditions.

Drivers on New Year’s Eve were stuck for several hours in both directions on I-5 north of Los Angeles, thanks to snow that fell in the area.

It’s a White Christmas for California — at least in the mountains, where a slew of winter storms has left behind glittering drifts of beautiful snow just in time for the holiday.

This weekend, heavy snowfall in the Sierras brought much-needed relief to the mountain range and helped provide ski resorts with a nice cushion as they open for the winter season.

New Jersey Governor Chris Christie responded to New York City mayor Bill De Blasio, after the New York Mayor told Christie that he should be in New Jersey to respond to the snow storm.

How badly has Washington D.C. been hit by the current snowstorm? According to the Washington Post’s Robert Thompson, reporting on Monday:

After days of anticipation, the season’s first snowfall finally began in Jerusalem late Monday, as authorities readied for action in case of dangerous road conditions or power outages.

The US East Coast has been blanketed in global warming. Layers and layers and layers of it. But don’t worry: it’s not actually real. We know this because of the climate experts and their computer models. (H/T Tom Nelson) Here

As the East Coast endures its first massive winter storm of the year, the NBA has canceled two Saturday games as the storm gears up to snarl the New York/Washington corridor in a storm that could dump more than two feet of snow.

Despite the historic snow storm on its way to wallop Washington D.C. Friday, thousands drove into the city to attend the pro-life March for Life rally.

Washington, D.C. has proven once again that its city government is inept, as evidenced by the massive failure of preparedness dealing with the snow that covered the city on Wednesday.