South can't shake cold spellBy Jim Kavanagh,
Spots in Deep South see record low temperatures
Overnight freeze warnings issued for Central Florida
Plains hit hard too: 31 below in Aberdeen, South Dakota
Warm-up coming next week, meteorologist promises
(CNN) -- The South emerged Saturday from another night of bone-rattling cold that has seen records fall and homeless shelters fill to capacity.
Alexandria, Louisiana, reached a record low of 16 degrees overnight, and Beaumont, Texas, set a record at 19 degrees. Waco, Texas, dipped to 8 degrees.
"That's the first time they've reached the single digits in Waco in more than 20 years," CNN meteorologist Bonnie Schneider said.
By comparison, it was 28 degrees at noon Saturday at the McMurdo research station in Antarctica.
With an actual temperature of 14 degrees Saturday morning, Schneider said, the wind made it feel like zero in Atlanta, Georgia, where ice-covered roads caused hundreds of traffic accidents and officials closed the zoo to protect animals and patrons alike.
"The north Georgia mountains are even colder, with temperatures down to 3 degrees, not the wind chill, but the actual temperature," said Brad Nitz, a meteorologist at CNN affiliate WSB-TV in Atlanta.
