Temperatures dropping below zero means water meters can freeze, and the Northern Kentucky Water District crew has answered the call.

“We are seeing somewhere in between 10 to 20 patients each day in the Children’s Hospital who need admissions,” Chief Medical Officer for Kentucky Children’s Hospital Dr. Lindsay Ragsdale said. It’s one of many reasons why Kentucky is one of four states ranked high for respiratory illness activity by the CDC.

With the worst of the bitter cold hitting the area Wednesday morning, natural gas usage is extremely high which has caused outages for some in Magoffin County.

Here's what you should know about frostbite, its symptoms, stages, and how to treat it, during Kentucky's freezing weather.

Kentucky remains in the grip of brutally cold air, with temperatures expected to stay below freezing for a few more days.

When temperatures plunge to dangerous levels as they have this week, Jessica Lee’s nonprofit in Somerset runs low on space for all the people seeking to come indoors. So she gets on the phone to shelters around the region.

LEXINGTON, Ky. (WKYT) - Single digit lows were common across the region this morning with another round of frigid temps likely tonight before we catch a break for a day or two. That break is short-lived as another arctic air mass invades later this weekend into next week. That one brings winter weather opportunities with it.

You might have a frozen pipe if you turn on the faucet and only a trickle of water comes out. Here's what to do next.

How long will this Arctic air stick around? Meteorologist Dillon Gaudet has the latest in your full ABC 36 Storm Team forecast.

A cold weather advisory remains in effect for much of Central Kentucky until 10 a.m. Wednesday, per the NWS. Expect cold temperatures to stick around throughout the day. The forecast high is near 25 degrees, with a low around 18 degrees Wednesday evening.

While several schools across our area are shut down Tuesday due to dangerous cold and below-zero wind chills, one school is closed for the day due to a water main break.

A number of states are seeing a spike in hospital visits caused by respiratory illnesses as we enter the New Year.