A woman’s hair was frozen to ice after she ventured outside in extreme polar vortex conditions in Iowa. A shocking video shows the woman walking into a house and laughing after she stepped out into the freezing conditions with wet hair. Her hair can be seen frozen into a static position above her head. The footage was posted on Twitter with the caption: “Is Iowa really THAT cold?”
Another user posted in response: “It probably is that cold, however her hair is a result of all the static electricity in the air right now.”
A third added: “How people in the north play outside.”
At least 12 people have died due to the plummeting temperatures that have plunged the US down to minus 40 degrees celsius this week.
Parts of the US are facing temperatures colder than Antartica as a polar vortex sweeps over the country and has claimed victims in Detroit, Illinois, Wisconsin and Iowa.
The Arctic winds caused the weather to plummet to life-threatening temperatures across the US Midwest yesterday.
Cities in the region have been forced to shut down as US officials have urged the public to stay indoors.
The University of Iowa released a statement saying one of its students, Gerald Belz, was found dead on campus due to the harsh temperatures.
Officials believe his death was related to dangerously low temperatures at the time he was found.
Police found a man’s body close to his home in Detroit, he did not have any warm winter clothes on. Two other men were killed in the Detroit area due to the cold snap.
Another man, 55, froze to death in his Milwaukee garage after he collapsed shovelling snow.
One young couple were killed when their car crashed into another on a snow road in northern Indiana.
Illinois State Police officers managed to rescue 21 people who were stranded in a charter bus that broke down in the very cold temperatures.
Chicago Mayor, Rahm Emanuel said: “These conditions are actually a public health risk and you need to treat it appropriately.
“They are life-threatening conditions and temperatures.”