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Winter weather batters wide swath of southern U.S.
Winter Storm Cora is bearing down on the southern United States on Thursday evening, bringing a brutal blast of frigid winter air with snow, ice and extreme temperatures, which is cutting a 1,400 mile long swath of potentially dangerous weather from Texas to the Carolinas. Officials have declared states of emergency in Tennessee, Arkansas, Georgia and North Carolina. Thirty-seven counties in Oklahoma and Alabama have emergency declarations in place, some imposed ahead of the storm as they brace for the impacts of the severe weather. Snow and ice will continue to accumulate in Texas and Oklahoma and from Virginia to ... (full story)