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A major portion of the U.S. is facing snow and frigid temperatures on Wednesday morning as fears of another winter storm loom ahead of the weekend. Freeze warnings stretch as far south as the Gulf Coast and Florida on Tuesday.
Meanwhile, 76 million people remain under cold weather alerts in parts of Texas, the Midwest, the Ohio Valley, and the mid-Atlantic. In Chicago, windchills early Wednesday morning made the temperature feel like -14 degrees Fahrenheit. In Cleveland, it felt like -11; in New York, it felt like 15; in Nashville, it felt like 19; and in Dallas, it felt like 22. Even in Tampa, people felt the cold, with a wind chill of 34. At least 51 people have died as a result of the monster winter storm that swept the nation last weekend, including three boys who drowned in Texas after falling through ice. The storm left snow and ice in its wake, along with the deep freeze now hovering over the country. In Louisiana, semi-trucks were stuck on roads slicked with ice. More than 100,000 people in Tennessee and Mississippi are still without power. Kentucky, Louisiana, and Texas are also grappling with widespread power outages days after the storm. Days-long deep freeze A deep low-pressure system has formed over Eastern Canada and is ushering Arctic air straight into the Northeast and the midsection of the U.S. The cold air will hang over the Northeast and Mid-Atlantic for the next couple of days, with wind chill temperatures below zero in many areas. Air temperatures in the teens and 20s forecast for the rest of the week are 15 to 25 degrees below average. Another low-pressure system will affect the Southeast on Friday and Saturday, bringing wind chills well below what the South is used to by Sunday. Miami could dip below 40 degrees for the first time in more than a decade. This blast of air will be even colder than what the U.S. is experiencing on Wednesday, with approximately 80 record lows possible from Friday morning to Monday morning. The National Weather Service said this period of frigid temperatures 'could be the longest duration of cold in several decades.' Potential winter storm this weekend Another 'significant' winter storm could hit the eastern U.S. this weekend, the NWS said. The agency noted its 'confidence in coastal impacts has increased.' The storm might bring wintry impacts to the East Coast from Friday night through Sunday night. Confidence in this forecast for the Carolinas and southern Virginia is increasing, but high uncertainty remains for the northeast. In one scenario, the storm could stay far enough off the coast that the highest snow risk remains in the eastern Carolinas, southern Virginia, and southern New England, while keeping the area from D.C. to Connecticut safe from snow. But if the storm tracks closer to the coast, snowfall would hit the mid-Atlantic and the Northeast. It's still too early to nail down the storm's path and make a concrete prediction as to how much snow is falling where.
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