At least eight deaths are linked to the polar vortex hitting the Midwest, where many cities are recording their lowest temperatures in decades.
An elderly man in Illinois was found dead after he fell while trying to get into his house, a Milwaukee man was discovered frozen to death in a garage, and a man was killed in Chicago when he was hit by a snowplow, The Associated Press reports. A University of Iowa student was also found dead early Wednesday outside of a campus building.
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