A winter storm warning extended from the Gulf Coast in Florida’s “Big Bend” region all the way up the Atlantic coast. “It almost seems the town is deserted just like in the last hurricane. Dump trucks spread sand on bridges and major streets ahead of the storm and police closed a major causeway and several bridges because of ice. Temperatures dropped as low as minus 19 degrees (minus 28 Celsius) in Lafayette, Indiana. African elephants, lions and gorillas were sheltered out of public view because of the dangerously low temperatures.

Source: National Post January 03, 2018 08:11 UTC