Greater Nashua
Bone-chilling cold returns to the Midwest in the wake of a storm that soaked the East Coast
PORTLAND, Maine (AP) — Frigid weather returned to the Upper Midwest on Thursday after a storm that swept up the East Coast delivered a blow to New England, packing powerful gusts that knocked out power along with a deluge of rain and warming temperatures that washed away snow and dampened ski resorts. The Upper Midwest saw unseasonably cold early Thursday, with parts of North Dakota, Minnesota and Wisconsin experiencing wind chills well below zero degrees F (minus 17.8 degrees Celsius). The National Weather Service received a report of a low temperature of minus 27 degrees F ( minus 32.7 degrees C) southwest of Inger, Minnesota. States to the south, including South Dakota, Nebraska and Iowa, saw wind chills in the single digits Thursday morning. In Chicago, gusts of more than 40 mph (64 kph) Thursday coupled with a low temperature of 4 F (minus 15.5 C) at O'Hare International ...
