At least six weather-related highway deaths were reported in Tennessee, Virginia and North Carolina. Police worked through the night to clear a 12-mile (19-km) backup of vehicles on icy Interstate 40 near Nashville.
(Reuters) - The aftermath of a deadly winter storm paralyzed much of the eastern United States on Tuesday and forecasters warned of the worst cold in two decades from another arctic front this week.
The storm dumped snow and spread ice from New England into the Carolinas after battering the Midwest and Ohio Valley. Temperatures hit -30 Fahrenheit (-34 Celsius) in Saranac Lake, New York, according to the National Weather Service.
States of emergency were declared from Mississippi to the District of Columbia, and the federal government shut down in Washington after about 5 inches (13 cm) of snow. School was called off in West Virginia, the Washington, D.C., area, parts of Kentucky and much of North Carolina.
In Maine, two 15-year-old boys spent a night out in sub-zero (-18C) weather when their snowmobile bogged down but were unharmed after taking shelter in a shed. The intense cold forced the Pittsburgh Zoo to shut down until Friday.
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