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Laura Carolina Hernández Betancurt Grammar 11° 08-01-2023

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

More than 80 million Americans are expected to face freezing temperatures as a record-
breaking deep freeze hits the north-eastern US.
The frigid blast could bring "once-in-a-generation" wind chills that cause frostbite in less than 10
minutes, the National Weather Service has warned.
Residents from Pennsylvania to Maine are being urged to limit their time outdoors through Friday
and Saturday.
At least 11 people have died in the bad weather in the US south since Monday.
There were eight fatalities in Texas, two in Oklahoma and one in Arkansas.
About a dozen records are expected to be broken by Friday afternoon in several states, where a
total of 82 million people will face temperatures of -17 Celsius (0 F) or lower.
In Maine, for example, parts of the state are expecting the lowest temperatures recorded since
1971. In the city of Portland, wind chill is expected to reach -41 F (-43 C).
In nearby Burlington, Vermont, Friday's highest temperature is expected to reach just -20 C (-5 F).
Boston, which is anticipating sub-zero wind chills, is currently under a cold emergency. Public
schools have been closed in the city, as well as in nearby Worcester.
Temperatures in New York City and other major cities are also expected to bottom out in the
single digits (Fahrenheit, around -13C to -17C) by Saturday, although forecasters predict they will
rebound by the end of the weekend.
Temperatures in parts of Texas have climbed above freezing, and ice was expected to melt by
Friday as temperatures keep rising.
More than 320,000 people were still without power as of Friday morning in Texas, Arkansas, and
Mississippi, according to poweroutage.us.
Emergency crews in Texas have responded to hundreds of collision calls since Monday, some of
which have been fatal. Three men were killed in a crash near Brownfield, south-west of the Texas
city of Lubbock, according to the state's Department of Public Safety.
One person in Austin was killed in a car pileup on Tuesday, local authorities said. A 45-year-old
man died on Monday in Arlington after his SUV slid into a highway guardrail, while a student died
in a rollover crash in Wolfforth, according to local outlet KCBD.
A 49-year-old woman was killed while driving on an icy road north of Eldorado, Texas officials told
CNN.
In the neighbouring state of Oklahoma, in Custer County, a 35-year-old driver was killed on
Thursday morning in a six-car pileup on icy roads, Oklahoma Highway Patrol said, according to
local media outlets.
Dallas Police Department asked people to make sure their tyres are inflated, to slow down on icy
roads and to avoid using cruise control.

MAIN IDEA
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Laura Carolina Hernández Betancurt Grammar 11° 08-01-2023

The article talks about the presidents from Pennsylvania to Maine are being urged to limit their
time outdoors through Friday and Saturday. In the city of Portland, wind chill is expected to reach -
41 F . In nearby Burlington, Vermont, Friday's highest temperature is expected to reach just -20 C .
Public schools have been closed in the city, as well as in nearby Worcester.

Temperatures in New York City and other major cities are also expected to bottom out in the
single digits by Saturday, although forecasters predict they will rebound by the end of the
weekend. Temperatures in parts of Texas have climbed above freezing, and ice was expected to
melt by Friday as temperatures keep rising. More than 320,000 people were still without power as
of Friday morning in Texas, Arkansas, and Mississippi, according to poweroutage. Emergency
crews in Texas have responded to hundreds of collision calls since Monday, some of which have
been fatal.

POINT OF VIEW

I think that the three men that were killed in a crash near Brownfield, south-west of the Texas city
of Lubbock, according to the state's Department of Public Safety. A 49-year-old woman was killed
while driving on an icy road north of Eldorado, Texas officials told CNN.

Emergency crews in Texas have responded to hundreds of collision calls since Monday, some of
which have been fatal. Three men were killed in a crash near Brownfield, south-west of the Texas
city of Lubbock, according to the state's Department of Public Safety.
In the neighbouring state of Oklahoma, in Custer County, a 35-year-old driver was killed on
Thursday morning in a six-car pileup on icy roads, Oklahoma Highway Patrol said, according to
local media outlets.