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A historic combo of arctic air and strong winds will cause dangerously cold conditions Tuesday and Wednesday.
National Weather Service meteorologist Jon Carney says it led forecasters to issue their first wind chill watches and warnings in years.
“You can get frostbite literally in minutes, and hypothermia if you’re not properly dressed.”
Forecast temperatures are below zero for Wednesday morning, and wind chills will make it feel like 20 degrees below zero or colder.
Columbia is delaying trash service for a day, starting Wednesday, because of the cold. School districts are considering whether to cancel classes Wednesday.
More from the Associated Press:
Extremely cold, record-breaking temperatures are settling across parts of the Midwest after a powerful snowstorm pounded the region overnight Monday. Forecasters are describing the subzero weather on the way as potentially life-threatening.
Subzero temperatures will begin Tuesday but Wednesday is expected to be the worst. Wind chills in northern Illinois could fall to negative 55 degrees (negative 48 degrees Celsius), which the National Weather Service called “possibly life threatening.”
Minnesota temperatures could hit minus 30 degrees (negative 34 degrees Celsius) with a wind chill of negative 60 (negative 51 degrees Celsius). The potentially record-breaking low temperature forecast in Milwaukee is negative 28 degrees (negative 33 degrees Celsius), with a wind chill as low as negative 50 (negative 45 degrees Celsius).
Minneapolis Public Schools announced there would be no classes through Wednesday.
(This story was last updated at 6:54 a.m. Tuesday.)
