article_snippet: Temperatures of ten to 30 degrees below average were expected from the South to Northeast, along with heavy snow in the Mid-Atlantic, according to the National Weather Service.
article_snippet: Record-breaking cold gripped the United States from Texas to New York on Friday, causing school closures and snarled traffic, as a storm that dropped roughly two feet of snow on some eastern parts of the country moved out to sea.
article_snippet: Forecasts called for temperatures ten to 30 degrees below normal through Friday in the eastern and southern United States, with unusual cold continuing through the weekend.
article_snippet: The National Weather Service warned of flooding and told commuters from the lower Mississippi valley to the mid-Atlantic to be wary of dangerous road conditions created by the snow, ice and slush.
article_snippet: Temperatures are dragging at around 30 degrees below average across the country and snow is still falling in most states .
article_snippet: Low temperatures shattered records in Texas, Arkansas, Louisiana, Mississippi, Kentucky, Ohio, Illinois, Michigan, Maryland, Virginia, Pennsylvania and New York, said NWS meteorologist Bruce Terry. '
article_snippet: Even in the deep South, it's very, very cold,' NWS meteorologist Bruce Terry said. '
article_snippet: It will be another cold night tonight.
article_snippet: But we are at the end of this record-breaking cold spell.'
article_snippet: Cities reaching new lows for the day included Detroit at zero degrees, breaking the previous record of two degrees, set in 1901.
article_snippet: The temperature in Austin, Texas, reached 21 degrees, breaking the previous record of 28, set in 2011.
highlights_snippet: Cold weather won't let up in the United States, with temperatures of ten to 30 degrees below average expected from the South to Northeast .
  