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The N.C. State Highway Patrol said winter weather conditions contributed to all three deaths.
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Forecasters warned that dangerous extra-cold conditions will persist for a huge swath of the U.S. from the Gulf Coast into New England. There were hundreds of weekend flight cancellations to North Carolina, snow flurries and falling iguanas in Florida, and more misery for thousands who are still without power from last month's ice storm in the South. -
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Eager sledders took to Dix Park in downtown Raleigh on Sunday to ride sleds down any hill they could find. -
About two or three inches of snow fell on Raleigh, while both central North Carolina and the coast received more snow. -
Residents around the Triangle took to any hill they could find on Saturday to enjoy the snowfall. -
A "bomb cyclone" is starting to bring heavy snow to the Southeast and is ushering in frigid temperature to much of East Coast Saturday. About 240 million people are under cold weather advisories and winter storm warnings. -
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