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Siberia has a village named Oymyakon, thought to be the coldest human settlement in the world. The area experiences frequent blizzards with extremely cold temperatures and very high winds.

Map data ©2023 Google, TMap Mobility 500 km The US experiences blizzards in the Upper Midwest and the Great Plains, but blizzards can occur in most areas of the country, except the Gulf of Mexico and California coasts. Most blizzards occur in the Upper Midwest and Great Plains because the high winds and flat terrain provide ideal conditions. Any geographical area that has snowfall can have a blizzard, but Central Canada and the Midwestern United States are known as “blizzard country” because this area gets hit with the biggest and most dangerous blizzards. Siberia, Russia, is one of the coldest places on Earth. In the Russian region of Yakutia, there is a village named Oymyakon, thought to be the coldest human settlement in the world. The area experiences frequent blizzards with wind speeds that can reach 96 mph (154.5 kph) and temperatures that can drop to

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Facing the Weather: Blizzards