More than 235 million Americans face life-threatening cold as frigid air blasts US this week
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Bitter cold temperatures have forced schools to close in the Midwest and winter storm warnings were in effect in eastern states. An area including the Rockies the Northern Plains, Northeast and even the Southeast are getting hit by winter weather that includes cold air and snow.
![[A man walks around Culler Lake in Frederick, Maryland, during the snowfall on Sunday. Winter storm warnings were in effect in the Mid-Atlantic through Monday morning]](https://static.independent.co.uk/2025/01/20/13/AP25019630487257.jpg)
The cold air has forced President-elect Donald Trump’s inauguration indoors and resulted in school closures in Ohio and Indiana. Winter storm warnings were in effect for the Mid-Atlantic through Monday morning and warnings began in New England on Sunday afternoon. Lake-effect snow was expected in western New York through Wednesday morning, bringing as much as 3 feet.
The worst of the spell will be felt by Monday night across the Dakotas, Minnesota and Wisconsin, with daytime temperatures not even passing 0 degrees there. Overnight, the temperatures are expected to plunge between 20 and 30 degrees below zero. OnTuesday and Wednesday, the cold is expected to shift east to Philadelphia, according to the forecasting company. AccuWeather warned that windy conditions will persist through the weekend, increasing the risk of cold-related illness like frostbite and hypothermia.
“In areas that experience windy conditions, like much of the Midwest early this week, AccuWeather RealFeel® Temperatures can reach minus 40 to minus 50. It will feel brutally cold, and anyone adventuring outside can get frostbite on exposed skin in just a matter of minutes,” noted Douty.
