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Brutally cold weather reaches deep into lower U.S., causing dozens of deaths

Temperatures dropping below zero as far south as Texas and Florida
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Migrants pick up clothes as mutual aid groups distribute food and clothes under cold weather near the Migrant Assistance Center at St. Brigid Elementary School, on Saturday, Jan. 20, 2024, in New York. (AP Photo/Andres Kudacki)

Much of the U.S. remained gripped by deadly Arctic weather Sunday — with subfreezing conditions reaching as far south as Texas and Florida. But the numbing cold is expected to ease up in the coming days.

Freezing rain, sleet and high wind gusts later Sunday would make traveling in parts of Kansas and Oklahoma particularly treacherous, the National Weather Service said.

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