Record Cold Sweeps Into South, Midwest
Southerners pulled out their sweaters and coats as a preview of winter swept in before autumn’s colors had appeared. Temperatures fell into the upper 20s in some sections of Alabama and Georgia, a jarring contrast to the mid-80s of last week. West Texas was hit with an ice storm over the weekend. A high-pressure system from Canada brought record cold to Alabama, Georgia, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Kentucky, Missouri, Nebraska, North Carolina, Oklahoma, Pennsylvania, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas and West Virginia. Records were tied in New York, Arkansas, New Jersey and Virginia. Temperatures were expected to return to normal by midweek.
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