Yukon Faces Extreme Cold Snap with Temperatures Dropping to –55°C
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Yukon is experiencing an extreme cold snap with temperatures dropping to -50°C due to a high-pressure Arctic ridge, causing power grid stress and potential blackouts, with temperatures expected to gradually rise next week as the high-pressure system moves away.
- It's so cold in the Yukon, some places have been –50 C. Here's what's causing the extreme cold snap CBC
- Weather tracker: Deep freeze grips Canada as US records warmest Christmas The Guardian
- Canada just recorded its coldest December temperature in 50 years The Weather Network
- In Yukon's Ross River, water, heating fuel and groceries run low as temperatures hit –55 C Yahoo News Canada
- Whitehorse not at imminent risk of blackouts, says ATCO Electric Yukon – Eye on the Arctic Radio-Canada
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