‘Winter burnout’: Ice threatens the Deep South while Great Lakes shiver again

As dangerous temperatures hit much of the nation, another deep freeze is moving in, making January the coldest month so far this century. NBC's Dylan Dreyer reports.

By Erin McClam, Staff Writer, NBC News

The Deep South is the next target for the deep freeze in a winter that wont quit.

Forecasters warned that ice could soon coat the front porches of Charleston, S.C., and Savannah, Ga., where winter storm alerts were posted Monday for the first time in almost four years.

At the same time, the Great Lakes shivered yet again under wind chills that approached 50 degrees below zero. The University of Minnesota and schools around Chicago and Minneapolis closed for the day.

Jeff Wheeler / The Star Tribune via AP

A woman walking around Lake Harriet in Minneapolis on Sunday pauses to shoot some video of the blowing snow.

The North is suffering winter burnout, said Tom Niziol, a winter weather expert for The Weather Channel. The South is going to see some weather that many parts have not seen in years.

For the South, forecasters said the worst of it would come Tuesday a band of dangerous ice, threatening trees and power lines, from the coast of Texas to the coast of North Carolina.

Just to the north was the likelihood of snow. Atlanta and Charlotte, N.C., could see 3 inches or more, Columbia, S.C., 5 inches or more, and the Outer Banks of North Carolina as much as a foot.

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'Winter burnout': Ice threatens the Deep South while Great Lakes shiver again