CNN— Dangerous wind chills as cold as 50 degrees Fahrenheit below zero are set to blast the Northeast as the number of deaths linked to an ice storm in the South rose to eight. The mind-numbing wind chills set to wallop New England “could be the coldest felt in decades,” the Weather Prediction Center said. But farther south, cities paralyzed by a deadly ice storm this week got a final encore of nasty weather before a weekend warmup. Here’s what’s happening in the South and Northeast:8 deaths and 400,000 power outages in the SouthThe deadly ice storm that crippled parts of the South this week dumped more freezing rain Thursday. About a quarter inch of fresh ice glazed parts of central and northern Texas, including the weather service’s Fort Worth office.
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