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The National Weather Service has winter storm advisories posted from the northern plains down the eastern seaboard and all the way to the Gulf Coast.
The prolonged freeze further complicates efforts in parts of the South to recover from an ice storm that has made travel treacherous and coated trees and power lines.
By midday Thursday, more than 250,000 customers remained without electricity in Tennessee, Mississippi and Louisiana.
Several states have deployed National Guard troops to help clear roads and get emergency supplies to communities stranded without power or water.
The National Weather Service says dangerously cold temperatures will persist over a wide area, including the Northern Plains, the Midwest, and the Atlantic and Gulf Coasts.
North Carolina Governor Josh Stein is warning people to prepare for a second Arctic blast.
Forecasters say frigid temperatures, heavy snow in some areas, and strong gusty winds topping 25 miles per hour will make conditions brutal.
The National Weather Service has winter storm advisories posted from the northern plains down the eastern seaboard and all the way to the Gulf Coast.
The prolonged freeze further complicates efforts in parts of the South to recover from an ice storm that has made travel treacherous and coated trees and power lines.
By midday Thursday, more than 250,000 customers remained without electricity in Tennessee, Mississippi and Louisiana.
Several states have deployed National Guard troops to help clear roads and get emergency supplies to communities stranded without power or water.
The National Weather Service says the next blast of Arctic air coming Friday could result in the longest duration of bitter cold in several decades.
A freeze warning will dip down into Florida.
Mississippi Governor Tate Reeves says that complicates recovery efforts.
The University of Mississippi says its campus in Oxford will remain closed for a second week.
Forecasters say heavy snow and crippling ice are in store for a large section of the country and frigid temperatures will persist into next week.