U.S. Northeast braces for arctic air after N.Y. boy dies in snowbank

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By Timothy Mclaughlin CHICAGO (Reuters) - Arctic air sweeping through the U.S. Midwest on Wednesday is expected to bring the Northeast the freezing conditions that contributed to the death on Tuesday of an upstate New York boy who became trapped in a snowbank. Temperatures in Chicago, the country's third-largest city, may plunge to between 13 and 22 degrees Fahrenheit (minus 11 to minus 5 Celsius), at least 10 degrees below normal, the National Weather Service said. The wind chill factor could go as low as minus 15 Fahrenheit, with even lower temperatures expected on Thursday.

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