North Dakota Faces Record Deep Freeze
In an arctic cold snap the state shivered with 40 below in Williston and 36 below in Bismarck, prompting frantic car heater orders, flooded phone lines at an Exxon station, and hospital reminders on frostbite. Experts warned frostbitten skin appears white and hard.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bismarck
N.D
North
Modern Machine Works
Mercury
National Weather Service
Ted Foxley
St. Alexius Medical Center
Deep Freeze Grips U S Heartland With Multiple Deaths
Arctic air sent temperatures plunging across the northern United States as cities tied or broke all-time lows. At least 22 deaths were connected to the cold while wind chills reached extreme depths. Snow and icy roads spurred accidents from Seattle to Texas, and a winter storm pounded Utah.
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Associated Press
America
Arctic
Pacific
Potomac
National Weather Service
Rockies
Great Lakes
Eau Claire
Wis
Rochester
Minn
Mason City
Iowa
Williston
N.D
Harrison
Bismarck
Salt Lake City
Colorado Mountains
Idaho
Great Basin
Arizona
Missouri
Utah
Oklahoma
Illinois
Seattle
Grandview
Texas
Plane slides off icy runway in blowing snow at Rock Springs
Frontier Commuter flight 709 with 28 passengers and 3 crew slid left after touchdown in blowing snow at Rock Springs Wyoming. No injuries were reported though the Convair 500 was damaged and a snowbank tangled the left gear. FAA investigators will inspect after the runway was closed awaiting their arrival.
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Kansas City Area Hospital Association
Combs Airways
Rock Springs
Wyo
Dennis Decker
Denver
Federal Aviation Administration
Seattle
State Patrol
King County
Wash
Texas
Dallas
Frontier
Colorado
Wyoming
National Transportation Safety Board
Gary Mucho
Mucho
Casper
Pocatello
Idaho
Sweetwater County
Sheriff’s Office
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Minneapolis
U.S
Arctic Front
Dial
English Tweeds, Inc
N. Parkway
UTPB
Burma
Thailand
Siam
Sri Lanka
Ceylon
Kenya
Tanzania
Africa
Thai
American Gem Society
Sam L. Grime Dow
Penetare
Odessa’ S Midland
Lillard’s
Izod
Stanley Blacker
Orig
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