Exposure to subfreezing temperatures has left at least three people dead in Wisconsin, Minnesota and Illinois, authorities said.
Icy road conditions also made for hazardous travel in Kentucky and Tennessee on Friday.
National Weather Service forecasters urged caution early Friday as they warned that "bitterly cold conditions" were expected to continue across much of the Midwest, Mid-Atlantic and Northeast into the weekend.
Widespread light snow showers were expected across the upper Great Lakes region and across the Ohio Valley before moving later in the day across the eastern United States, the weather service said.
Freezing rain advisories were posted for parts of Tennessee, Alabama, Georgia and North Carolina on Friday.
Also, because this type of winter has not yet been dealt with this year, especially in areas like Chicago where the snow and ice has been minimal, because the cold is so extreme many schools, highways and other roads are shutting down.
http://www.cnn.com/2013/01/25/us/cold-weather/index.html?iref=allsearch
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