Heavy snow, sleet and freezing rain are slamming large parts of the U.S. as the dangerously cold weather causes major power outages and travel disruptions.
What we know
Roughly 185 million people are under winter alerts today as dangerous cold grips much of the central and eastern U.S. Wind chills in some areas are as low as the minus 20s and minus 30s, and temperatures are 10 to 40 degrees below average.
The weather has been blamed for the deaths of seven people, three in Tennessee, two in Louisiana, one in Texas, and one in Kansas, according to local officials.
In areas affected by the storm, more than 860,000 customers are without power.
The storm has also hampered air travel. More than 12,000 scheduled flights today have been canceled, along with over 3,000 tomorrow.
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