Deep freeze continues this week in Plains, Midwest

Tractor-trailer heading down slushy/icy road.

A prolonged outbreak of arctic cold will soon spread across more than a dozen states. Truckers may have issues with fuel gelling and brakes cracking from the Plains to parts of the Northeast.

A strong arctic air mass plunged into the north-central U.S. and Midwest regions over the weekend and will linger virtually all of this week. The impact zone stretches from Montana and eastern Wyoming to the Dakotas, Great Lakes and Central Plains.

Extreme cold (some possibly near record levels), strong...

https://www.freightwaves.com/news/deep-freeze-continues-this-week-in-plains-midwest

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