Arctic air sends temperatures plummeting across much of US

Eric Miller / Reuters

A woman walks her dog along Lake Harriet in Minneapolis, January 23, 2013. The Upper Midwest remains locked in a deep freeze, with bitter sub-zero temperatures and wind chills stretching into a fourth day across several states due to waves of frigid Arctic air.  Read the full story.

Millions of Americans are in the grips of a bitter arctic blast, with no relief in sight at least through the weekend and into Monday. The freezing temperatures and high winds are causing damage to buildings and are being blamed for several deaths. NBC's Craig Melvin reports.

Jim Michaud / Journal Inquirer via AP

Ice and snow changes our environment, as winter engulfs our world.

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Comment author avatarJames Stantonvia Facebook

and people still say global warming is a myth.... it's real it's happening and we need to plan for it but.... no one really cares or will do a dam thing about it, people are going backwards to the point that they think vaccines are evil evolution is a myth and that a bubble gun makes a 5 year old a terrorist and that the problems of the kardashiens(sic) are important.... I hate the idea that my kids will never know what this world really was like before we Blarneyed it up.

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