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Extreme Cold Grips Much Of The U.S.

2018 is off to a frigid start. From Texas to the mid-Atlantic to the Ohio Valley, temperatures are significantly colder than average, with sometimes fatal consequences.
The Josephine Shaw Lowell Memorial Fountain at Bryant Park in New York City was frozen on Tuesday, as New Yorkers return to work after the holiday break.

2018 is off to a frigid start for vast swathes of the U.S.

From Texas to Ohio, temperatures are 15 to 25 degrees colder than average, the National Weather Service says. Brutally cold temperatures continue in the Northeast. There's a hard freeze warning across the deep South — and a chance of snow in New Orleans.

It's 17 degrees in Atlanta. There's a low of 14 degrees in

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