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The Guardian - US
The Guardian - US
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Arctic blast continues to sweep entire US setting record-low temperatures

football stadium covered in snow where workers remove snow
Workers remove snow from Highmark Stadium in Orchard Park, New York, on 14 January 2024. Blizzard conditions forced the postponement of the Pittsburgh Steelers v Buffalo Bills NFL playoff game. Photograph: Jeffrey T Barnes/AP

Dangerous freezing air from the Arctic continued sweeping across the US on Monday, prolonging a bitter cold blast that has set record-low temperatures and disrupted daily life across a broad swath of America, including an NFL playoff game and the presidential nominating contest in Iowa.

From Oregon on the west coast to New York state on the east coast and all the way down to Florida, the US grappled with the effects of a weather system that hit tens of millions of people.

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