Killer cold wave closes schools, breaks records

In Indiana, the 30,000 students in the Indianapolis school system were kept home due to “dangerous weather conditions.” The temperature at 7 a.m. was -11 degrees with a wind chill mark below -20 degrees.

In Ohio, Cincinnati’s 35,000 students had their holiday break extended at least a day when authorities closed the schools due to the cold. Other districts, including Canton, shut schools for the day.

In Massachusetts, Boston schools soldiered on, but some nearby districts such as Everett shut down for the day while others delayed opening a couple hours.

In South Dakota, Aberdeen hit -32 degrees on New Year’s Day, smashing a record had stood for 99 years. In Nebraska, Omaha’s 15-below 0 degrees on Sunday broke a record dating to 1884.

In New York, Mayor Bill de Blasio kicked off his second term Monday with an outdoor swearing-in ceremony with temperatures in the teens. Chicago canceled it’s annual Polar Plunge because, well, it was just too polar. 

Contributing: The Associated Press

Article Appeared @https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2018/01/02/schools-close-records-fall-amid-killer-cold-wave/995163001/

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