Record freeze extends to eastern United States

Record freeze extends to eastern United States, at least nine dead

A deadly blast of arctic air shattered decades-old temperature records because it engulfed the eastern United States on Tues, snarling air, road and rail travel, driving energy costs higher and overwhelming shelters for homeless folks.
At least 9 deaths are according across the country connected with the polar atmospheric state that sweptback over North America throughout the past few days. Authorities have place regarding half the us underneath a wind chill warning or weather consultatory.

Temperatures were expected to be twenty five degrees to thirty five degrees Fahrenheit (14 to nineteen degrees Celsius) below traditional from the geographic region to the Southeast, the National Weather Service aforesaid.
PJM Interconnection, the agency that oversees the electrical grid supply the middle Atlantic and components of the geographic region, aforesaid electricity suppliers were troubled to stay up with billowy demand because the cold forced some power plants to shut.