Bone-chilling cold and slippery secondary roads closed Flint-area schools for the third straight day on Thursday, Jan. 23. The closings come after another overnight with single-digit temperatures and lingering snow showers expected to continue through early afternoon.

Most school districts in central Ohio have canceled classes Wednesday due to the extremely cold temperatures. An Arctic front made its way to central Ohio on Monday, bringing with it the coldest air that central Ohio has felt in more than two years.

The Syracuse City School District, the region’s largest with more than 17,000 students, announced this morning it was closing for the day due to the extreme cold. The forecast calls for a low of 3 degrees and a wind chill of minus 11, according to the National Weather Service.