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Drifting snow obscures a road near Mount Joy in Lancaster County, Pa., on Jan. 30, 2019. A bitter deep freeze is moving into the Northeast from the Midwest, sending temperatures plummeting and making road conditions dangerous. Jacqueline Larma/AP Photo
An 18-year-old pre-medical student froze to death on Jan. 30, as the bitter cold and harsh winds from the polar vortex were blamed for at least a dozen deaths.
Gerald Belz was found unresponsive at about 2:48 a.m. outside his University of Iowa residence hall.
