New York City officials also suspect the weather could be to blame for the deaths of five people there this weekend
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- Snow, ice and frigid temperatures have swept across much of the country late this week and into the weekend due to Winter Storm Fern
- Two men died from hypothermia in Caddo Parish, in the Shreveport area, the Louisiana Department of Health said
- New York City officials suspect the weather might be to blame for the deaths of five people there this weekend, too
At least two people have died as a massive winter storm and frigid temperatures swept across the United States late this week and into the weekend, officials said.
Two men died from hypothermia in Caddo Parish, in the Shreveport area, the Louisiana Department of Health said in a news release. Further details about the victims were not released.
Winter Storm Fern has brought multiple inches of snow and ice as well as dangerously frigid temperatures to giant swaths of the country…