Polar Vortex claims 8 deaths

Wind chill reached -50 c

01/02/2019 12:28
At least eight people have died in one of the worst cold snaps to hit
the US Midwest in decades.
An Iowa student found dead outside a college building is among the
victims.
Hospitals have been treating patients reporting frostbite as life
across a swathe of the country grinds to a halt.
Ninety million people – a third of the US – have seen temperatures of
-17C (0F) or below. Some 250 million Americans overall have experienced
the “polar vortex” conditions.
However southern states such as Florida have escaped the brutal chill.
How did the fatalities occur?
University of Iowa student Gerald Belz, 18, was found unresponsive
behind a campus building before dawn on Wednesday and later died in
hospital. Officials said weather was a factor. His father told local
news channel KCRG that Gerald was a “mama’s boy with a tough exterior”.
A 70-year-old man in Detroit, Michigan, was found dead in front of a
neighbour’s home on Wednesday
Another Michigan man in his 70s was found frozen to death in his
neighbourhood. Officials said he was “inadequately dressed for the
weather” and was probably disoriented
On Tuesday, 55-year-old Charley Lampley froze to death in a garage in
Milwaukee, Wisconsin, having “apparently collapsed after shovelling
snow”, according to a medical examiner
An 82-year-old man in Pekin, Illinois, died from hypothermia after
apparently falling outside his home on Tuesday
A 75-year-old man was fatally struck by a snow plough near Chicago on
Monday. The driver has since been placed on paid leave pending an
investigation, according to WGN9 News
In northern Indiana, a young couple died after a collision on icy roads
Source: BBC news

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