Winter storms bring concerns for the homeless people in Chicago

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Much of the United States is currentlyfeeling the frigid effects of a ‘polar vortex’ -- drawing Arctic cold down from the northern pole.

No place in the country is feeling the cold more than the Upper Midwest, where below freezing temperatures are downright life threatening.

InChicago,authorities inaredeeply concerned​aboutthe city’s homeless population​and have stepped up efforts at outreach.

CGTN’s Dan Williams reports.

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