A major winter storm prompts blizzard warnings, dumping heavy snow and sleet in a region where even flurries are a rare sight.

A rare winter storm is bringing snow and freezing rain to parts of the US deep south, closing highways and airports in Texas and prompting a first-ever blizzard warning in southwest Louisiana.

Four people are thought to have died from cold exposure so far - two cases are being investigated as cold-related by Austin authorities in Texas, while two deaths from hypothermia were reported in Georgia and Milwaukee.

Up in the country’s north, parts of New York state are being hit by another storm, blanketed by up to 18 inches of snow.

  • otp
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    1 day ago

    Places that never needed AC are needing AC now.

    Places that new saw snow are going to need more heating, snowplows, and road salt. And stronger AC.

    Things are going to suck. Increasingly.