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Big freeze grips North America

Newsday

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At least 38 deaths have now been linked to a severe Arctic freeze that continues to pummel the US and Canada. Forecasters say the storm will ease off in the next few days but the advice remains to avoid travelling unless essential. Major Caleb Senn is a Commander at the Salvation Army in Chicago. He told Newsday that they have 鈥渟tarted warming centres鈥here people can come just to get a break from the cold鈥e鈥檙e feeding people, we鈥檙e going mobile outreach to find people who are without shelter and bringing them in鈥he last thing we want right now is people exposed to this cold.鈥� (Picture: Shows Pete, a homeless man in Chicago, standing next to a tent that was donated to him near the expressway where he lives as temperatures hang in the single-digits on December 22nd 2022. Credit: Scott Olson / Getty Images.)

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