With a powerful winter storm predicted to batter the central and eastern parts of the United States throughout this week, the country may experience the coldest Christmas in four decades, weather forecasters say.
Most parts of the U.S. "will see dangerous cold over the next few days, and it will arrive suddenly with a powerful Arctic front," according to the NWS Weather Prediction Center.
The storm system, named Winter Storm Elliot, will be a once-in-a-generation phenomenon, according to the National Weather Service.
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