Poulakidas, a trauma specialist, said the hospital had seen about 25 frostbite victims this week. The eighteen-year-old was found unresponsive on campus early Wednesday morning just a short walk from his dorm, according to university officials. The wind chill at the time officers found Belz was minus 51 F (minus 46 C), according to the National Weather Service. Homes and businesses used record amounts of natural gas to fight the cold, according to financial data provider Refinitiv. Cotton, Minnesota, had the lowest national temperature recorded early on Thursday at minus 56 F (minus 48 C), before the weather warmed up, the weather service reported.

Source: Huffington Post February 01, 2019 06:00 UTC