CHICAGO - Frozen water mains and strained natural gas supplies left the US Midwest struggling Thursday as a deadly Arctic air mass had tens of millions of Americans shivering for a second day. Frozen water mains broke in Detroit and parts of Canada. The deadly, sub-zero temperatures were expected to lift by Friday, but the misery would not end quickly in the roughly dozen states most affected. Detroit's three major auto makers all suspended or curtailed manufacturing and other operations to conserve natural gas, according to The Detroit News. City crews braved sub-zero weather to repair a number of frozen water main breaks that plagued Motor City neighborhoods.

Source: Bangkok Post January 31, 2019 16:52 UTC