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Arctic Blast, Day 2: Step Into The Deep Freeze

Published Jan 31, 2019

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Firefighter uses hose to battle a fire in Bedford-Stuyvesant—and the water formed ice on a tree — Mark Lennihan/AP/Shutterstock

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Published Jan 31, 2019

Modified Jan 31, 2019

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