Five dead in US storms, country girds for more fierce weather

Swaths of the United States braced for more snow and punishingly low temperatures on Wednesday as millions in the east dug out from a previous round of severe winter weather that left at least five people dead. The latest storm was expected to tear across the country this week.

Meanwhile, tornadoes on Tuesday ripped through the Florida panhandle. At least five storm-related deaths have been recorded, including an 81-year-old Alabama woman whose mobile home was reportedly struck by a tornado. The weather was already having a heavy impact on flights, with more than 659 cancelled and 1,300 delayed in the United States early Wednesday.