
The historic Arctic blast that has brought record low temperatures to 70 per cent of the US, left six dead and brutalized 200 million people is expected to get worse throughout Wednesday.

Multiple car pile-ups have occurred across several states, including Ohio, Kansas and Michigan, where six people have died.

On Tuesday, 21-year-old Ciearra Money Audrey Brown died in a 16-car pileup on Interstate 80 in Ohio, according to the Ohio State Highway Patrol. Several other people were treated for minor injuries at local hospitals.

The Eaton County Sheriff's Office in Michigan said two women, ages 81 and 64, and a 57-year-old man were killed Monday in a two-vehicle crash caused by poor road conditions. In Kansas, the Highway Patrol said an 8-year-old girl died in a three-vehicle wreck.

Multiple people were also injured when about 50 vehicles were involved in a huge pileup on Interstate 80 just outside Youngstown in Ohio on Tuesday morning.

Despite the already dangerous roadways and freezing temperatures in some states, forecasters are predicting that the weather is only expected to get worse for much of the country throughout the day on Wednesday. About 70 per cent of the US population saw temperatures at or below freezing Wednesday morning.

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The historic Arctic blast that has brought record low temperatures to 70 per cent of the US, left six dead and brutalized 200 million people is expected to get worse throughout Wednesday. Commuters brave the cold in Chicago, Illinois, on Wednesday

Residents are seen walking in Chicago where record low temperatures were set. Chicago had a low of 7 degrees, which breaks the previous record of 8 set in 1986

Snow was still falling in Appleton, Wisconsin, on Wednesday morning as traffic was seen moving slowly along College Avenue during rush hour

New Yorkers woke up to temperatures in the mid-20s on Wednesday as several headed to subway stations for their morning commute

Despite the already dangerous roadways and freezing temperatures in some states, forecasters are predicting that the weather is only expected to get worse for much of the country throughout the day on Wednesday. A car is seen driving in downtown Knoxville, Tennessee on Tuesday

About 70 per cent of the US population saw temperatures at or below freezing Wednesday morning. Kaiden Rogers shovels snow from his driveway on Tuesday in Marshfield, Vermont

Charles Stevens cleans the snow off his vehicle in on Tuesday Detroit, Michigan, where a record daily maximum snowfall of 8.5 inches at Detroit Metro Airport on Monday broke a record that had stood for nearly 94 years

Residents in upstate New York were seen plowing snow off the sidewalks Wednesday morning after parts of the state received roughly 10 inches of snow in Buffalo

A truck was seen plowing snow from the roads in upstate New York where residents received between 10 to 12 inches of snow

The arctic conditions will 'culminate this morning with more than a hundred locations expected to tie or set new low temperature records,' the National Weather Service said Wednesday morning.

Forecasters said more than 240 million people are under winter warnings, watches and advisories. Weather officials projected even lower temperatures for late Wednesday and early Thursday at some locations in New England and upstate New York.

Arctic air has been moving across the eastern two-thirds of the US, bringing snow from the Midwest to the Northeast.

'Mother nature is feeling 100!! 100 weather observing stations across the U.S. are forecast to tie or break their record low temperatures tomorrow morning!' the NWS tweeted Tuesday night.

And they were right. Records were broken Wednesday morning in Burlington and as far south as Alabama and Mississippi.

The NWS says several cities in Vermont, Maine and New Hampshire hit record-low temperatures for November 12-13. In Vermont, Burlington fell to 11F and Montpelier plunged to 6F Wednesday morning.

It was the second day of record cold in Burlington. It was just 14F Tuesday morning, breaking the record set in 1933.

Augusta, Maine, plunged to 11F Wednesday morning and 16F Tuesday, breaking previous records.

Portsmouth, New Hampshire, was down to 17F Wednesday, breaking its 1945 record; Manchester, New Hampshire, tied its record low of 21 degrees on Tuesday.

The forecast is calling for even colder temperatures Wednesday night into Thursday.

Most locations are forecast to begin warming by Thursday afternoon. New York City is expected to approach 50 degrees on Friday.

The mid-autumn taste of winter brought record single-digit temperatures to Chicago; set snowfall records in Buffalo and Detroit; dusted cars with snow in Memphis, Tennessee; and froze lakes in Minnesota weeks earlier than usual.

A massive 50 car pile-up on an Ohio highway was caused by whiteout conditions and snowy weather brought by the Arctic blast on Tuesday

Multiple people were injured when about 50 vehicles were involved in the huge pileup on Interstate 80 just outside Youngstown in Ohio on Tuesday morning

The roads in Chicago remained dangerous and slippery on Wednesday as several car accidents occurred in the city

'This is an air mass that's more typical for the middle of January than mid-November,' National Weather Service (NWS) meteorologist Kevin Birk said in Chicago, where Tuesday morning's low of 7 degrees broke the previous record of 8, set in 1986. A Ferris wheel is seen covered in snow at a park in Chicago on Wednesday

A dog is seen playing fetch with a frisbee in the freezing weather in Chicago on Wednesday

Snowmaker Chris Smith of Auburn, Maine, tends to a snow gun while making snow at Lost Valley in Auburn, Maine, on Wednesday

A woman bundled up against the cold walks on along the street in Philadelphia on Wednesday morning

Plants were seen covered in snow outside a Home Depot store in Chicago on Wednesday

The roughly 10 inches of snow in Buffalo and Detroit on Tuesday morning was a record depth for the time of year, weather service records show.

Areas of Vermont and Maine saw similar totals.

Cold temperatures that stretched to the Gulf Coast followed a snowstorm that the NWS said contributed to nearly 30 per cent of the country being covered in snow as of Wednesday.

The temperature dropped to 18F in Birmingham, Alabama, early Wednesday, breaking the previous low record of 22F set in 1911. More than 100 other sites in Alabama also reached historic lows, including Hamilton and Florence at 13 degrees, the weather service said.

In Greenville, Mississippi, the temperature dropped to 17F, breaking a record of 23F set 108 years ago, officials said.

In Georgia, the low temperature overnight was 27F in Columbus, breaking a record for the date from 1968.

Atlanta’s low fell to 24F, but it wasn’t cold enough to break Atlanta’s record of 21 degrees for the date from 1911, the weather service reported.

'This is an air mass that's more typical for the middle of January than mid-November,' National Weather Service (NWS) meteorologist Kevin Birk said in Chicago, where Tuesday morning's low of 7 degrees broke the previous record of 8, set in 1986.

'It is pretty much about the coldest we can be this time of year (and) it could break records all over the region.'

'Mother nature is feeling 100!! 100 weather observing stations across the U.S. are forecast to tie or break their record low temperatures tomorrow morning!' the NWS tweeted Tuesday night. And they were right. Records were broken Wednesday morning in Burlington and as far south as Alabama and Mississippi

The NWS also tweeted out these graphics, which show a comparison of the previous record lows from November 12, 1911, to the new record lows on November 12, 2019

About 70 per cent of the US population is expected to see temperatures at or below freezing Wednesday morning

Forecasters said more than 240 million people are under winter warnings, watches and advisoriesm (depicted above)

Cold temperature records have also been broken in two of Pennsylvania’s biggest cities as a bitter cold snap continues to batter the state.

The NWS says the temperature at Pittsburgh International Airport dropped to 12 degrees just before 7am Wednesday. That topped a record for November 13 that had been set in 1911.

Meanwhile, the temperature dipped to 23 degrees at Philadelphia International Airport early Wednesday, breaking a record for the date set in 1996.

At least six cities in Kansas set new record lows Tuesday, led by Garden City, which dropped to minus 1, breaking the record of 7 set just last year. Records also fell in Wichita, Salina, Russell, Dodge City and Medicine Lodge.

In St Louis, the mercury dipped to 11 degrees, breaking a record for the date that had stood since 1911.

Warming shelters in Memphis offered relief from a reading of 21 degrees, also a record low for the date.

Schools and businesses as far south as the Gulf Coast states opened late or closed Tuesday because of the unusual cold.

This is the terrifying moment an American Airlines plane is seen sliding off the runway at the O'Hare International Airport in Chicago on Monday morning

About 20 school systems delayed opening across north Alabama under the threat of wintry precipitation, including all the public schools around Huntsville.

Even more opened late or closed in Tennessee, and a handful of businesses and schools opened late in Georgia.

The dip to 8 degrees in Indianapolis gave the city its earliest recorded fall temperature in the single digits. The closest similar reading was 11 degrees recorded on November 3, 1951.

Farther north, heavy lake-effect snow piled more than 10 inches high near Goshen.

In Chicago, a plane landing Monday at O'Hare International Airport slid across the runway.

No one was injured. More than 1,400 flights at O'Hare and Midway International Airport were canceled after more than 3 inches of snow fell.