AT least 11 people are dead as brutal ice, harsh wind, and dangerously cold temperatures have wracked the country in an arctic blast.
A week-long arctic outbreak is bringing the coldest weather this winter has seen from the North Pole up to multiple states across the country.
A Brattleboro, Vermont resident uses a snowblower to clear his driveway on February 17, 2025[/caption]
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A car bein towed in a snowstorm in Lewiston, Maine, on February 16, 2025[/caption]
More than 65 million Americans have been issued cold weather alerts in 13 states from Texas to Minnesota.
The extreme weather has brought freezing rain to states including Kentucky, Tennessee, and Virginia.
The flash floods in Kentucky have killed at least 11 people, Kentucky Governor Andy Beshear confirmed on Monday.
“All of Kentucky still has standing water in different areas,” Beshear said in a storm briefing.
“Over 300 roads still impacted and closed, so everyone, be careful.”
The flooding was so extreme in Detroit, Michigan, that people had to be rescued from their homes, according to ABC affiliate WXYZ.
Frozen cars in Detroit were stuck in icy flood water standing at least two feet high, a terrifying video posted on X showed.
The chilly rain will be followed by snow flurries before record-low temperatures are expected to hit the US in the coming polar vortex.
A polar vortex is swirling cold air that moves from the North and South Poles.
The icy weather event, which is the tenth and coldest so far this winter, will move temperatures well below zero for states across the Midwest and East Coast.
Temperatures are expected to plunge to -45 degrees Fahrenheit with wind chill in areas including northeastern Montana and North Dakota.
The wind chill is expected to make the temperatures even lower,
Areas in North Dakota, South Dakota, and Minnesota face an “extreme cold warning,” according to the National Weather Service.
“Your face will fall off at these temperatures,” Meteorologist Ryan Maue warned on X.
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