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A dangerously frigid arctic air mass gripped a vast expanse of the United States on Thursday ahead of what could be one of the coldest Christmas Days on record, as a looming winter storm threatened to upend travel plans for millions of Americans.

Leading into the holiday weekend, the impending storm was expected to bring blizzard conditions to the Great Lakes region, up to 5 cm of rain followed by a flash freeze on the East Coast, wind gusts of 100 kph and bitter cold as far south as the Mexican border.

“It’s dangerous and threatening,” President Joe Biden said at the White House, urging Americans with travel plans to not delay and to set off on Thursday. “This is not like a snow day, when you were a kid, this is serious stuff.” Snow squalls — brief bursts of moderate to heavy snow and strong wind — were expected from Illinois to Indiana, and could produce white-out conditions.

She was headed for Corpus Christi, Texas, for a Christmas Day family gathering where she was looking forward to making tamales with her 94-year-old grandmother.

 

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