Good evening. It happened once before this season, but its still rare to be able to report that during the day today it was below freezing somewhere in each of our 50 states, and yes, that includes hawaii. Its further proof that the winter of 2014 is proving unusually cold. And again tonight the story is how far south its spreading, like snow in louisiana, Single Digits in north carolina. There are states of emergency in the south tonight as a lot of places are preparing for prolonged cold. Janet shamlian starts us off tonight from houston. Good evening, janet. Reporter hi, brian. It was a dose of winter this area has little experience with, ice and snow, and it hit this region hard. We have at least two weatherrelated deaths and it brought cities like houston to a stand still. The arctic blast dipped deep into texas with a rare snowfall, heavy sleet, and in houston, freezing rain that crippled the city. Its been real slippery, a lot of crashes, a lot of people losing control. Reporter
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