The Nation - News from Jan. 16, 1986
Brutal cold and gusty winds numbed the Northeast, forcing thousands of homeless to seek shelter and stalling hundreds of cars while 100-m.p.h. winds and 35-below temperatures raked New Hampshire’s Mt. Washington with a wind-chill factor too cold to measure. Bitter cold plunged temperatures below zero over most of New York and New England with readings in the single digits and teens over the rest of the Northeast, forecasters said.
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