2018 starts with record cold in parts of the Midwest

Posted: Monday, January 1, 2018 1:00 am | Updated: 1:19 am, Mon Jan 1, 2018.

DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — Bone-chilling cold gripped the middle of the U.S. as 2018 began Monday, breaking a low temperature record, icing some New Year's celebrations and leading to at least two deaths attributed to exposure to the elements.

The National Weather Service issued wind chill advisories covering a vast area from South Texas all the way to Canada and from Montana and Wyoming in the west through New England to the northern tip of Maine.

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