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And now, Preston and Steve's news updates with Kathy Romano.

Today is the last day of January, the 31st, a Thursday.

I'm in for Kathy. Good morning.

We're going to start with this.

Plenty of sunshine today, but it's accompanied by frigid cold and bitter wind chills.

Temperatures moved from about six degrees at dawn to a hive just about 18.

My thermostat or my thermometer on my car, it started off as two, and then as I went along, it got to zero.

Wow.

I don't know how accurate that is, but it did read a zero.

So I was at four.

Okay.

Yeah.

Winds will gust to 30 miles per hour at times.

That's going to give us wind chills as bad as negative 20 around sunrise and only in the low single digits later on in the day.

Now, something to consider is hypothermia and frostbite will pose a significant threat today.

It's important to bundle up in layers and cover as much skin as possible, especially if you have to be outside working.

Warm breaks are a good idea.

If you experience a burning sensation on the skin,

seek a warm indoor environment. Do not warm frostbitten areas with hot water as that can

damage the skin. So slightly warm water is better. If you do find, if you do end up with

hypothermia, you need to seek a medical attention. And the symptoms are dizziness, sleepiness, excessive, shivering, confusion,

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