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VIDEO: A layer of ice sits atop Lake Michigan and nearby St. Joseph River as brutally cold and extremely dangerous below-zero wind chills paralyze the Midwest.
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Joshua Nowicki
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  • January 31, 2019

Ice covers Lake Michigan as dangerous cold paralyzes the Midwest

A layer of ice sits atop Lake Michigan and nearby St. Joseph River as brutally cold and extremely dangerous below-zero wind chills paralyze the Midwest.

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