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By Anna Skinner
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Another round of snow and ice could lash the Southeast and the Eastern Seaboard in the coming days as the region reels from damage caused by Winter Storm Fern over the weekend.
The updated forecast comes only a day after Fern pummeled parts of the country with heavy snow and sheets of ice. The storm has killed at least nine people, and hundreds of thousands remain without power as extreme cold keeps power lines encased in ice. Extreme cold warnings and winter weather advisories remain in place across the South and Southeast, with AccuWeather meteorologists warning of a new ice threat that could hit millions from Louisiana through Delaware this coming weekend.
AccuWeather published the forecast on Sunday. Whereas additional snow was expected to fall across the Midwest and Northeast through Tuesday night, more ice is on the horizon for 13 states—Louisiana, Mississippi, Alabama, the Florida panhandle, Georgia, Tennessee, South Carolina, North Carolina, Kentucky, West Virginia, Virginia, Maryland, and Delaware.
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The southern storm threat is expected between January 30 and February 1 and could be accompanied by "abundant cold" and "snow and ice to I-10," according to the AccuWeather forecast.
However, AccuWeather senior meteorologist Tom Kines told Newsweek that lots can change in that time. The forecast remains uncertain, although "the overall weather pattern does favor some kind of a storm, at least close to the eastern part of the U.S. late in the week," he said.
"It's certainly a concern, but if there was a storm late in the week, it probably misses the areas that were hardest hit from this most recent storm, Kines told Newsweek.
Fern hit northern Texas, Mississippi, and Tennessee the hardest with ice, with heavy snow burying much of the Ohio Valley. The incoming storm would be worst for the Eastern Seaboard, Kines said, anywhere from Georgia north was considered "fair game."
The forecast is still too far out to determine ice amounts or the storm's timeline. However, impacts from Fern are expected to persist across the region throughout the week.
"A deep freeze settling in after the storm could rapidly turn power outages, blocked roads and delayed emergency response into life-threatening emergencies," AccuWeather senior meteorologist John Feerick said in an email sent to reporters on Monday morning. “Thick ice has brought down trees and power lines, while heavy snow has buried some towns. Restoring power and clearing roads will be slow and difficult in the bitter cold.”
In addition to the extended recovery efforts, Feerick warned that heating bills could be as much as 35 percent higher than normal for millions of Americans this month.
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