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Much of mid- and northeastern America is in the middle of a deadly cold snap. Many states from Michigan in the north to Georgia in the south experiencing freezing temperatures not for decades. It is currently colder in many parts of the USA than it in Antarctica. The cold spell is because of what is a polar vortex. This is a swirling mass of air and wind that has down from the Arctic, which is where the North Pole is. The government has states of emergency in Wisconsin, Illinois and Michigan. Many schools and businesses have been due to the extreme cold. People have been not to , and even not to go outside and in the icy air.

The weather website AccuWeather that the temperature in Thief River Falls, in the state of Minnesota, to a real-feel minus sixty degrees Celsius. Many parts of the Chicago River to ice, Niagara Falls into a winter wonderland and parts of Lake Michigan over. The bitter freeze is to be responsible for the deaths of at least eight people so far. Health officials are people to go outside only if it is absolutely necessary. They that exposing the skin to the freezing air was dangerous. It could to frostbite or breathing problems. People were also urged to careful when shoveling snow outside and be careful of blocks of snow and ice falling from the roof.