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A rare winter storm is bringing snow and freezing rain to parts of the US deep south, closing highways and airports and prompting a first-ever blizzard warning in southwest Louisiana.
Four people are thought to have died from cold exposure so far - two cases are being investigated as cold-related by Austin authorities in Texas, while two deaths from hypothermia were reported in Georgia and Milwaukee.
The extreme weather is part of a bitterly cold air mass that has descended on the south and eastern US.
Video shows nuns and a priest enjoying a snowball fight in Matairie, Louisiana, whilst a skier is pulled along a street in Charleston, South Carolina.


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