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NYC Issues New Code Blue as Cold-Snap Deaths Reach 19

Most of the fatalities were confirmed as hypothermia, drawing scrutiny of the city’s timing.

NYC Confirms 19 Outdoor Deaths in Prolonged Freeze — Seven More Hypothermia Fatalities Occurred in Private Homes

Salt-Laced Meltwater Blamed as Hundreds Still Without Power in Brooklyn and Queens

NYC Expands Cold Emergency Response as Outdoor Deaths Reach 17

NYC Cold Snap Deaths Rise to 16 as Code Blue Response Expands

29-Year-Old Found Dead Under I-95 After Night Out in Philadelphia as Family Questions Cause

Beshear Pledges Transparency After Inmate Dies Clearing Snow at Kentucky Prison

Storm Tears Gaza Camps, Collapses War-Damaged Walls, Leaving At Least Six Dead

Winter Storms Deluge Gaza Camps, Exposing Severe Shelter and Aid Shortfalls

Fresh Rains Trigger New Gaza Building Collapse as Storm Fallout Deepens Crisis

Weekend Channel Surge Turns Deadly: Child and Two Women Die Off Northern France