this is nbc nightly news with lester holt. good evening, everyone over 60 million of us woke up this morning to windchills at or below zero this evening, two-thirds of the country suffering beneath an arctic air mass and heading into a brutal night, including rare ice storm warnings this evening in parts of the eastern carolinas. places that rarely see such a threat. the weather service pulling no punches widespread power outages likely further south, cities including baton rouge, new orleans and boloxie under freeze warnings our emilie ikeda has details. reporter: tonight another winter wall line up pummelling the northeast. a january freeze in half the country sends temperatures plummeting 20 degrees below this time of year s average. i need all of my layers up, even the mouth and nose. reporter: 12 million are under winter alerts. a rare ice storm taking aim at weather weary residents in the carolinas, with dozens of utility crews preparing for the worst. w
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