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Deep Freeze Hits Northeast, Midwest

Firefighter Bobby Lehman is coated with ice after battling a blaze in Lynn, Mass., Wednesday. A cold wave that gripped the Midwest has stretched to the Northeast, sending temperatures in many areas far below zero.

Maine residents braced Thursday for readings down to 40 below zero. And in the Midwest, Iowans were warned that temperatures could drop as far as 27 below zero, matching a Jan. 15 record set in 1972.

Bitter Winter Cold

MONTPELIER, Vt. (Jan. 15) – Winter-hardened Northeasterners were socked with the same subzero temperatures and biting winds that have turned the Northern Plains, Midwest and Great Lakes into a teeth-chattering misery for much of the week.