PORTLAND, Maine — Dangerously cold temperatures and significant snowfall are setting in across half the country and officials are urging people to assist the homeless and elderly. The prolonged, dangerous cold weather has sent advocates for the homeless scrambling to get people off the streets and to bring in extra beds for them. The department encouraged people to check on family members, friends and neighbors to make sure they’re warm enough and have their needed medications and sufficient food and water. In New Hampshire, the cold set a record for the day of –34°F (–37°C) atop the Northeast’s highest peak, Mount Washington. A winter storm warning was in effect for much of Montana, calling for significant snowfall followed by dangerously cold temperatures as 2017 comes to an end.

Source: Philippine Daily Inquirer December 29, 2017 14:12 UTC