Record-breaking cold to hit the eastern United States

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The eastern United States will likely break several weather records this week as Siberian air that made its way across the North Pole sweeps into North America.

Temperatures could go below zero in Washington, D.C. for the first time since 1994 and all-time February lows could be set from Tennessee to Virginia, The Washington Post reports. On Thursday, Kentucky will likely experience temperatures 40 degrees below normal, and on Friday, the GFS model is forecasting morning lows below minus 20 degrees in areas of Indiana, Michigan, Kentucky, West Virginia, far western Virginia, and southern Ohio. Wind chill advisories and warnings will also be issued from the upper Midwest into Florida.

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Catherine Garcia, The Week US

Catherine Garcia has worked as a senior writer at The Week since 2014. Her writing and reporting have appeared in Entertainment Weekly, The New York Times, Wirecutter, NBC News and "The Book of Jezebel," among others. She's a graduate of the University of Redlands and the Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism.