Deep freeze: US north-east braces for record breaking wind chills

More than 80 cardinal Americans are expected to look freezing temperatures arsenic a record-breaking heavy frost hits the north-eastern US.

The frigid blast could bring "once-in-a-generation" upwind chills that origin frostbite successful little than 10 minutes, the National Weather Service has warned.

Residents from Pennsylvania to Maine are being urged to bounds their clip outdoors done Friday and Saturday.

At slightest 11 radical person died successful the atrocious upwind successful the US southbound since Monday.

There were 8 fatalities successful Texas, 2 successful Oklahoma and 1 successful Arkansas.

About a twelve records are expected to beryllium breached by Friday day successful respective states, wherever a full of 82 cardinal radical volition look temperatures of -17 Celsius (0 F) oregon lower.

In Maine, for example, parts of the authorities are expecting the lowest temperatures recorded since 1971. In the metropolis of Portland, upwind chill is expected to scope -41 F (-43 C).

In adjacent Burlington, Vermont, Friday's highest somesthesia is expected to scope conscionable -20 C (-5 F).

Boston, which is anticipating sub-zero upwind chills, is presently nether a acold emergency. Public schools person been closed successful the city, arsenic good arsenic successful adjacent Worcester.

Temperatures successful New York City and different large cities are besides expected to bottommost retired successful the azygous digits (Fahrenheit, astir -13C to -17C) by Saturday, though forecasters foretell they volition rebound by the extremity of the weekend.

Temperatures successful parts of Texas person climbed supra freezing, and crystal was expected to melt by Friday arsenic temperatures support rising.

More than 320,000 radical were inactive without powerfulness arsenic of Friday greeting successful Texas, Arkansas, and Mississippi, according to poweroutage.us.

Emergency crews successful Texas person responded to hundreds of collision calls since Monday, immoderate of which person been fatal. Three men were killed successful a clang adjacent Brownfield, south-west of the Texas metropolis of Lubbock, according to the state's Department of Public Safety.

One idiosyncratic successful Austin was killed successful a car pileup connected Tuesday, section authorities said. A 45-year-old antheral died connected Monday successful Arlington aft his SUV slid into a road guardrail, portion a pupil died successful a rollover clang successful Wolfforth, according to section outlet KCBD.

A 49-year-old pistillate was killed portion driving connected an icy roadworthy northbound of Eldorado, Texas officials told CNN.

In the neighbouring authorities of Oklahoma, successful Custer County, a 35-year-old operator was killed connected Thursday greeting successful a six-car pileup connected icy roads, Oklahoma Highway Patrol said, according to section media outlets.

Dallas Police Department asked radical to marque definite their tyres are inflated, to dilatory down connected icy roads and to debar utilizing cruise control.