Page 7 - Bitter Cold News Today

The Poverello Center in Missoula reports it's in urgent need of several items to help people through this cold snap.

Friday brought Topeka the first of what was expected to be five straight days of sub-zero wind chills that could dip to minus 28 degrees this weekend.

“It’s just so dang cold,” one Kansas City auto mechanic said. Learn how to prepare your car for the frigid temperatures in the weather forecast this weekend.

Eva Masin Prather was last seen at her home in Missoula on December 30, 2023.

Two big concerns during a major winter weather event are frostbite and carbon monoxide poisoning.

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The Samaritan House and Flathead Warming Center have both decided to remain open through the weekend.

Just 10 to 15 minutes of exposure to temperatures dropping to -20 can cause frostbite and hypothermia.

The National Weather Service warns that arctic air will bring subfreezing temperatures as far south as southern Texas and the Florida Panhandle.

AccuWeather meteorologists are warning that a blast of bitterly cold Arctic air will surge south along the Plains and into the South early next week, threatening lives, property and the power grid due to a prolonged period of subfreezing temperatures. The frigid air can also contribute to the season's first chance of wintry precipitation in the region. "This will be the coldest air for the southern Plains since just before Christmas 2022," said AccuWeather Senior Meteorologist Joe...