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Chicago in grip of bitter cold snap

Steam rises from Lake Michigan as the sun comes up in Chicago on a bitterly cold Wednesday. (AAP) Source: AAP

Chicago has been hit by severe cold front from Arctic. Temperatures dropped as low as minus 49 Celsius and paralysed the US Midwest. 21 people died. We talk with a truck driver Sergey, who saw it first hand when he took the usual route Montreal - Chicago.

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Chicago has been hit by severe cold front from Arctic. Temperatures dropped as low as minus 49 Celsius and paralysed the US Midwest. 21 people died. We talk with a truck driver Sergey, who saw it first hand when he took the usual route Montreal - Chicago.

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