Homeless worry: Nick warms himself on a steam grate with three other homeless men by the Federal Trade Commission, just blocks from the Capitol, during frigid temperatures in Washington, Saturday, Jan. 4, 201Below-freezing temperatures expected to carry on through the weekend with rare 'polar vortex' due in the Midweest
- Record lows expected across the region as a freakishly cold weather-system barrels down from the Arctic to hit the United States
- Experts have said that the weather will be the coldest experienced in almost three generations
- Nearly half the nation -- 140 million people -- will be hit by under zero degrees Fahrenheit temperatures or lower by Wednesday
- Nights in North Dakota will be nearly -30 degrees Fahrenheit
- At least 16 deaths were blamed on the storm as it swept across the nation's eastern half
- On Sunday the Green Bay Packers play the San Francisco 49ers at Lambeau Field in Green Bay, Wisconsin - in temperatures approaching -20 - possibly the coldest game ever played
- Meteorologists have warned that the cold temperatures could remain throughout the entire winter season
- 2,500 flights canceled on Friday across the U.S. and an additional 5,100 delayed
- Warnings plummeting temperatures and wind chills below zero could freeze exposed skin within 15 minutes
- Outreach teams looked to get homeless people off the frigid streets of Minneapolis, New York, Chicago and Boston
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