Polar vortex: midwest to creep out of icy grip after record lows

Some areas expected to get warmer Thursday – in the single digits – and bounce back to the comparative balmy 20s by Friday

Dangerously cold weather continued to shatter records across the midwest on Thursday, as the polar vortex kept schools, businesses and government offices closed, and hospitals busy. At least eight deaths are linked to the weather system, and dozens have been sent to the hospital with frostbite in Minnesota.

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