DAVENPORT, Iowa (AP) - Several schools, businesses and agencies are remaining closed as Iowa’s record-breaking and dangerous deep freeze continues.
The National Weather Service has posted wind chill advisories or warnings for Iowa, but they’re expected to expire later Thursday morning.
The bitter cold that beset the nation’s midsection broke records in several Iowa cities Wednesday, including Des Moines. The minus 20 (negative 29 Celsius) handily broke the 1965 low of minus 17 (negative 27 Celsius). The Wednesday wind child hit minus 40 (negative 40 Celsius).
The minus 25 degrees (negative 32 Celsius) in Waterloo broke the Jan. 30 record of minus 24 (negative 31 Celsius) set in 1951. Estherville, Lamoni, Mason City and Ottumwa also had record low temperatures.
Officials believe the death University of Iowa student Gerald Belz was weather-related. His body was found just before 3 a.m. Wednesday behind an academic hall on the Iowa City campus.
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