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Health officials are recommending that Nebraskans stay indoors and avoid travel if at all possible. This deep freeze will last a few days and emergency rooms are preparing for hypothermia cases. University of Nebraska Medical Center Assistant Professor of Emergency Medicine Dr. Eric Ernest says it is extremely hard to bundle up enough to protect you from the elements. Dr. Ernest says, "When you get to negative 35, negative 40 with wind chill, really 10 to 20 minutes of exposure of any kind of exposed skin you can start to incur a frostbite … [Read More...]

A Polar Vortex is bringing extremely cold temperatures to parts of the state starting today and running through Thursday. National Weather Service Meteorologist David Eastlack says this cold snap will bring a test of patience. Eastlack says, "A wind chill warning basically for most of eastern Nebraska and a wind chill advisory for portions of southeast Nebraska. In the wind chill warning area the wind chills values will range anyway from 30 to 40 below and that’s going to make potentially frostbite conditions possible within the 10 minute … [Read More...]