Warnings Issued for 95 Million People as Key 2024 Election Day Approaches

Various weather-related warnings were issued across the United States on Sunday due to extreme cold and winter weather—which includes Iowa ahead of the all-important primary caucuses in the state on Monday. In Iowa, the National Weather Service issued both wind chill warnings and wind chill advisories as temperatures are slated to plunge well below zero degrees Fahrenheit on Sunday and Monday. National Weather Service data shows there has never been a colder Iowa caucus night than what’s forecast for Jan. 15. The previous coldest was in 2004, when the high temperature for that year’s Jan. 19 caucuses was 16 degrees. Iowa Republicans will confront the frigid and potentially dangerously low temperatures when they kick off the 2024 election cycle, a record-breaking forecast that might complicate candidates’ hopes of making their own history if the cold depresses voter turnout....