Can't we wish this winter weather away?

By Mariano Castillo, CNN

Updated 10:02 PM ET, Tue February 17, 2015

http://www.cnn.com/2015/02/17/us/winter-weather/index.html

Less than two months into the year, the winter storms could cost the nation $1 billion to $2 billion, according to Planalytics, a weather research firm for businesses.

The city of Boston reports that it has spent more than $30 million on snow removal alone.

At least six deaths have been blamed on the latest winter storms.

A New York City woman was found dead in a New Hampshire hiking area on Monday, according to the state's fish and game department.

The woman, 32-year-old Kate Matrosova, appeared to have died of exposure to the extreme cold, the agency said.

Over the weekend, a man in Boston died after suffering a heart attack while shoveling snow, Boston Mayor Martin Walsh said.

Authorities in the Northeast are looking at two additional deaths as possible weather-related cases.

In North Carolina, where 100 out of 115 school districts were closed Tuesday, there was one weather-related death, Gov. Pat McCrory said.

A 19-year-old woman lost control of her vehicle and crashed in the northeastern part of the state, the governor said. "Do not go out on the roads if you don't need to go out on the roads, because it's still very dangerous," McCrory said.

Frozen Hudson River