The Nation - News from March 9, 1986
Arctic winds broke records for cold in the Northeast, while forest and brush fires raged in drought-ridden parts of the South. A cold front from Canada sent temperatures plunging from Michigan to Massachusetts and as far south as the District of Columbia. Overnight lows were subzero in the Great Lakes region and in the teens in the Middle Atlantic states. Meanwhile, firefighters battled flames that cut a swath eight miles long in Kisatchie National Forest, Louisiana. Gusty winds fanned fires over more than 500 acres in South Carolina.
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