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Extreme cold warning issued for the region

Bitterly cold Arctic air mass will remain in place through the weekend and possibly into next week
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WEATHER ALERT
ENVIRONMENT CANADA
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Extreme Cold Warning in effect for:
    •    Little Abitibi - Kesagami Lake
    •    Timmins - Cochrane - Iroquois Falls
    •    Fraserdale - Pledger Lake
    •    Kapuskasing - Hearst - Smooth Rock Falls

A period of very cold wind chills is expected.

Wind chill values will moderate today. However, this bitterly cold Arctic air mass will remain in place through the weekend and possibly into next week. Those extreme cold wind chill values are expected to occur again Thursday night and continue into the weekend.

Extreme cold puts everyone at risk.

Dress warmly. Dress in layers that you can remove if you get too warm. The outer layer should be wind resistant.

If it's too cold for you to stay outside, it's too cold for your pet to stay outside.

Please continue to monitor alerts and forecasts issued by Environment Canada. To report severe weather, send an email to [email protected] or tweet reports using #ONStorm.

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