A blast of arctic weather that caused temperatures to plummet is expected to last for days.

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At Ohio Valley Medical Center, doctors said hypothermia and frostbite are common problems when the weather gets this cold.

"We see people who don’t want to keep their houses warm enough and we see them coming in hypothermic as a result of the rising heating costs,” said Staci Trudo, of the OVMC trauma center.

They said children exposed to the elements and people waiting on medical attention after a crash are at the highest risk for developing those serious conditions.

Doctors said they have also seen an increase in patients who have been injured in weather-related crashes or falls.

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More snow is expected to develop by Wednesday afternoon and a couple of inches of snow is possible Wednesday night.

Temperatures are expected to fall back into the single digits by Thursday afternoon, and temperatures by Friday morning will hover near zero degrees.

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Ohio Department of Transportation crews said they will be out all day and night plowing any snow and ice to keep roadways clear. However, crews said temperatures less than 20 degrees complicate their efforts.

“We will be plowing, but the (ice-melting) materials will not treat as well as they do in normal conditions,” said Dave Schafer, manager of the Belmont Salt Garage.

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