Video: US prepares to kick off 2018 with record cold

10:57, December 30, 2017

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  Land of the freeze: arctic wave hits northern United States

  Crowds walk through Times Square as a cold weather front hits the region in Manhattan, New York, US, December 28, 2017. Photo: REUTERS/Andrew KellyAn arctic blast sent most of the US Northeast and Midwest into a deep freeze that set record lows in several spots on Thursday as forecasters warned the frigid temperatures could last through the New Year holiday.A

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  Las Vegas breaks record of 101 days of no rainfall

  The US city of Las Vegas in the state of Nevada set a new record Sunday for the longest period of no rainfall. Christmas Eve marked the 102nd day of no recorded rainfall at McCarran International Airport, the National Weather Service (NWS)'s official recording station in the city, where the previous 101-day record was set in 1944. According to the

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  'Minor Cold': Counting down the lengthy, cold winter

  Head image by Ma Xiaonan; illustrations by Yin Yating.Regions across China have recently issued snowstorm alerts, an indicator that the coldest days of winter have descended across the country.Xiaohan, or “Minor Cold”– the penultimate of the 24 solar terms in the Chinese lunar calendar– fallson Friday, just five days after the New Year.Though it's called “Minor Cold” in English, according