"Three Texas siblings who perished in an icy pond were among several dozen deaths in U.S. states gripped by frigid cold Tuesday as crews scrambled to repair hundreds of thousands of power outages in the shivering South and forecasters warned the winter weather is expected to get worse. Brutal cold lingered in the wake of a massive storm that dumped deep snow across more than 1,300 miles from Arkansas to New England and left parts of the South coated in treacherous ice."
"Freezing temperatures hovered Tuesday as far south as Tennessee, Arkansas and North Carolina, and were forecast to plunge again overnight. Parts of northern Florida were expected to sink to 25 F (minus 3.9 C) late Tuesday into early Wednesday. The arctic misery over the eastern half of the U.S. was expected to worsen Friday and Saturday. The National Weather Service said another winter storm could hit parts of the East Coast this weekend, and more record lows were forecast as far south as Florida."
A massive storm dumped deep snow over more than 1,300 miles from Arkansas to New England, leaving treacherous ice in parts of the South. Brutal cold persisted, with freezing temperatures as far south as Tennessee, Arkansas, North Carolina, and northern Florida expected to reach 25 F (minus 3.9 C). Officials reported at least 42 deaths, including three brothers aged 6, 8 and 9 who died after falling through ice on a private pond near Bonham, Texas. More than 480,000 homes and businesses remained without power, with over half the outages in Tennessee and Mississippi; reconnection could take days.
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