Hundreds of weather records are set to be shattered over the east of the Continental Divide this week, as the early season Arctic blast widens affecting two thirds of the country. The National Weather Service predicted on Saturday that 148 daily record lows are 'forecast to be broken, tied, or come within 1 degree' of making history between Tuesday and Thursday. In Chicago up to six inches could fall today. A weather advisory from the National Weather Service is in effect from midnight to 2pm Monday. A winter storm warning for western New York is in effect from 11am Monday through 9am Tuesday with Buffalo predicted to see between six and 10 inches of the white stuff. Over 80 sites were forecast to either break or tie the records for the lowest maximum temperature too. ☃️❄️

Twenty people have been killed and more than two million forced to spend the night huddled in storm shelters after Cyclone Bulbul smashes into the coasts of India and Bangladesh. The cyclone packed winds of up to 75 miles per hour when it hit late Saturday, closing ports and airports in both countries. Ten people were killed in India's West Bengal state, the Press Trust of India reported, including two after uprooted trees fell on their homes and another after being struck by falling branches in Kolkata.Two others died in Odisha State, PTI reported, and in Bangladesh eight people were killed, five of which by falling trees, and at least 20 people were injured. Five others are missing after a fishing trawler sank in squally weather on Meghna river near the southern island of Bhola, district administrator Masud Alam Siddiqui told AFP.🌪💦

A Swiss tourist is fighting for his life in hospital after a minibus knocked a fully grown giraffe into the path of his safari camper in South Africa’s famous Kruger National Park. The 18-foot tall giraffe which weighed about 1,650 lbs completely crushed the front of the taxi then smashed in the roof and front of the tourist's specialised Ford Ranger camper. Emergency services raced to the scene near Mopani where an elderly Swiss man was critically injured and who was stabilised and airlifted by helicopter to a hospital in Nelspruit.🦒 #losers