Temperatures in all 50 states remained at or below the freezing point or below as the continuing ferocious storm continued to dump up to 6 feet of snow across the midwest and northeast, trapping residents in their homes, stranding motorists on roadways and cutting electrical service to many areas of the northeast.
Buffalo residents continued to be pounded with 2 feet of additional snowfall as more than 6 feet fell in parts of the city. Authorities said snow totals by Thursday evening could top 8 feet in the hardest-hit areas of Buffalo, New York.
From Hawaii to the Carolinas, Americans shivered as racing winds and icy roads caused accidents, school closings and delays in municipal operations from the Midwest to the South even where snowfall was low or mercifully absent. The storm was blamed for at least numerous deaths in New York, New Hampshire and Michigan.
Schools closed in the North Carolina mountains amid blustery winds and ice-coated roads. In Indiana, three firefighters were hurt when a semitrailer hit a fire truck on a snowy highway.
The Weather Channel reported that low temperatures were expected to spread south and east on Wednesday and that relief would not reach parts of America until the weekend.
Temperature is expected to be in the 70's with rain throughout much of the southeast on Sunday.
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