Frigid Air, High Winds Sweep the Northeast; at Least 6 Dead

Frigid Air, High Winds Sweep the Northeast; at Least 6 Dead
A police officer in Toledo, made the most of a winter storm hitting the state by getting snowboarding tips. Ohio, Jan. 19 Toledo Police Department
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CONCORD, N.H.—Falling temperatures replaced the weekend’s falling snow Jan. 21 as bitter cold and gusty winds swept across the eastern United States.

The National Weather Service had forecast that temperatures would be more than 20 degrees below normal across the Northeast, with wind gusts up to 30 mph and wind chills approaching minus 40 degrees Fahrenheit in northern New York and Vermont.