Record-low temperatures are set to hit the United States over the next few days.
Thirty-five states have issued weather advisories due to the bitterly cold weather, with risks of deadly winter storms and deadly conditions.
CNN Weather reports:
Arctic air will interact with a storm system moving out of the Rockies to create hazardous winter weather from the Central US to the mid-Atlantic coast.
The bitter cold and snow will also complicate recovery efforts in parts of Kentucky, West Virginia and Virginia, where communities are still reeling from a deadly flooding caused by a storm over the weekend.
The cold air will get more intense and expansive throughout the week and about three-quarters of the US population is expected to experience below-freezing conditions by Friday.
Temperatures will plunge as much as 50 degrees below February averages, threatening to break more than 270 temperature records across at least 27 states.
The reports come after 15 people perished as a result of a storm affecting Kentucky and West Virginia.
Meanwhile, two individuals are said to have died from hypothermia.
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