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Storms Leave Deadly Trail across Midwest, Northeast

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The latest series of snowstorms has buried much of the Midwest and Northeast, leaving at least seven people dead and hammering much of the country with Arctic temperatures.

In Boston, more than 40 inches of snow has blanketed the city in the last seven days, a new record for an area that's no stranger to winter weather.

Schools are closed in Boston, and the mayor has postponed the victory parade for the New England Patriots until Wednesday.

"We're asking people if you can stay off the roads, try and take public transportation," Boston Mayor Martin Walsh said.

Along the coast in Massachusetts, high winds and waves are battering homes already damaged by last week's storm.

Two people have died on ice-covered roads in Rye, New York. And in New York City, icy tracks brought one subway line and its commuters to a standstill.

Also, snow and salt seeping into electrical systems blew a manhole cover 25 feet into the air, injuring one person.

In the Midwest, people are also digging out from record-breaking accumulations.

The city of Laporte, Indiana, got 20 inches. Chicago got 19 inches and a massive pile-up on the Tri-State Tollway. Although the crash involved dozens of cars, thankfully there were only minor injuries.

In Toledo, Ohio, the mayor is recovering from a heart attack that struck while he was checking on the roads. He crashed into a pole and some Good Samaritans rushed to help not even knowing who was hurt.

"I was banging on the window, banging on the window. He wouldn't respond so I called 911," Evelyn Johnson, one of the mayor's rescuers, said. They realized they needed to break the window to get him out.

In many Midwest and Northeast cities Tuesday, even getting the mail out will be a challenge.

There's also concern about plunging temperatures, which will bring minus 20 degree wind chills in Pennsylvania, New York, and New England.

Forecasters say something called "flash freezing" could make roads dangerously slippery in areas that saw rain and slush before freezing temperatures.

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Heather Sells covers wide-ranging stories for CBN News that include religious liberty, ministry trends, immigration, and education. She’s known for telling personal stories that capture the issues of the day, from the border sheriff who rescues migrants in the desert to the parents struggling with a child that identifies as transgender. In the last year, she has reported on immigration at the Texas border, from Washington, D.C., in advance of the Dobbs abortion case, at crisis pregnancy centers in Massachusetts, and on sexual abuse reform at the annual Southern Baptist meeting in Anaheim