News brief

Cold weather and snow to hit southern United States. Bitter cold is set to envelop the southern United States Jan. 8, just after the first significant winter storm of the year blasted a huge swath of the country with ice, snow, and wind. The immense storm system disrupted areas of the country that usually escape winter’s wrath, downing trees in some southern states, threatening a freeze in Florida, and bringing wind chill at Dallas-Fort Worth down to 16 degrees on Jan. 7. A low-pressure system is expected to form as soon as Jan. 8, bringing snow to parts of Texas, Oklahoma, and Arkansas.

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