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Michigan News update

Michigan temperatures will reach near-record lows in the coming weeks. During Jan. 20 and Jan. 29, average temperatures in Michigan will reach the coldest of any time in the winter.

During this time throughout history, temperatures hover around 30 degrees during the day and nine to 16 during the night. Experts say temperatures could be 20-30 degrees colder than those normal temperatures.

Mark Torregrosa, a weather reporter for MLive states that we will be close to record temperatures but not there quite yet.

“Record low temperatures would be 13 to 20 degrees below zero,” Torregrosa said. “Ten to 15 degrees below are certainly possible.”

It is normal for Michigan to see its lowest temperatures from Jan. 20th to the 29th, and this year will be no different.

 

National news update 

Los Angeles, California

Wildfires have ignited across Los Angeles, leaving thousands of people’s homes and other buildings destroyed. The fires have taken a total of 24 lives. It is currently unknown how the fires began. One man was arrested on suspicion of arson but has not been charged.

High winds have caused the fires to spread, and more winds are expected this week, according to National Weather Service Meteorologist Rich Thompson.

“We’re not out of the woods yet. We have some very significant fire weather ahead of us,” Thompson said.

The fire has destroyed over 23,000 acres of land in the Los Angeles area. Progress has been made on fire containment, but the upcoming weather will cause containment complications.

 

Global news update

Russia – Kerch Strait oil spill causes Russia to form an emergency task force to combat it. 

The spill was caused when two oil tankers, carrying 9,000 metric tons of fuel, were damaged by a storm and sunk into the body of water separating Crimea and Russia roughly a month ago.

Russian President Vladimir Putin sees the spill as an urgent issue.

“This is one of the most serious environmental challenges we have faced in the recent years,” Putin said.

The Kerch Strait is a large global shipping route used to transport goods from the Inland Sea of Azov to the Black Sea.

The emergency task force is said to have collected over 150,000 tons of contaminated sand and soil has been collected since the spill.

The most difficult situation developed near the port of Taman, where the oil has continued to leak into the sea.