(Gray News) – Authorities have reported several deaths attributed to a major winter storm that brought record-breaking snow and freezing temperatures to the southern U.S.
Parts of Texas, Gulf Coast and the Deep South were hit with snow and sleet Wednesday, bringing extreme conditions to areas unaccustomed with wintry weather.
At least eight people have died throughout the South in connection to the winter storm.
Five people were killed in a collision caused by icy conditions in Texas Tuesday morning. According to the Texas Department of Safety, a tractor-trailer had collided with several vehicles on an icy road southwest of San Antonio.
Authorities are investigating the deaths of two people found in the cold in Austin, Texas, according to CNN. Although it is suspected cold exposure led to their deaths, the medical examiner’s office has not released the official cause of death.
In Georgia, officials have reported at least one person had died from hypothermia.
Other parts of the U.S. were also impacted by the extreme winter weather. Temperatures across the Midwest plunged well below freezing as an Arctic blast pushed through the area.
The death of an 80-year-old man in Milwaukee was likely caused by hypothermia, according to the medical examiner’s office.
The man, identified as Jonh N. Siebold, was found dead Sunday morning after falling overnight in below-freezing temperatures.
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