The National Weather Service warned that residents in New York City could face flooding and frozen water pipes if the temperature falls as much as 20 degrees below normal Tuesday morning.
A snow covered street in New York City during a winter storm.
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The NWS is forecasting a wind chill of negative 3 degrees in New York City on Tuesday morning, which is a rare event for the city.
In Burlington, Vermont, and Boston, where schools have been closed Tuesday, the wind chill is expected to be negative 25 degrees.
Wind chill warnings and advisories are in effect for parts of 12 states, including Montana, Maine, New Hampshire, New York, Pennsylvania and Vermont, due to the expected low wind chill temperatures.
In the Midwest and South, Tuesday morning temperatures are expected to reach 29 degrees in Atlanta, 22 degrees in Nashville, 6 degrees in Detroit, 4 degrees in Chicago and negative 6 degrees in Green Bay, Wisconsin.
The cold front entering the eastern Atlantic Ocean and the cold air moving into the northeast U.S. contributed to the extreme cold forecast for Tuesday. Extreme weather has been caused by climate change. Last year ended with winter storms that put 24 states under weather alert, triggered floods and disabled power grids, as temperatures rose 1.96 degrees over pre-industrial norms. A study published by Science last year found that climate change could stretch the "polar vortex," a weather system that traps cold air in the northernmost regions of the globe.
The NWS predicts that temperatures will rebound Wednesday.
Surprising fact.
Traffic accidents on icy roads and heart attacks while shoveling snow are some of the causes of deaths from winter storms. 70% of winter storm injuries are related to ice and snow in automobiles.
Cities across the US are expecting the cold air of the season this week.
Climate change is causing weather in 24 states to change. (Forbes)
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