Record cold follows U.S. front; South America's cold push deepens

Record cold follows U.S. front; South America's cold push deepens

Record Cold Follows U.S. Front A sharp cold front is sweeping the United States, flipping the central, northern, and eventually eastern states from spring warmth to late-season freezes. The Weather Prediction Center has stark lows spreading from the Southern Plains into the Midwest and Northeast through week's end, as a very cold air mass drops in, returning the Rockies, Plains and Upper Midwest to snow, frost and freeze territory. The likes of …