Monster storm and extreme cold blamed for 36 deaths across more than a dozen states

Local officials across 14 states have now confirmed at least 35 deaths due to the monster winter storm and extreme cold.

Cold weather deaths were reported in northern Louisiana, Emporia, Kansas and Austin, Texas.

In Frisco, Texas, a 16-year-old girl died, and another teen remains in critical condition after a sledding accident. Local police said the two sledders were being pulled by an SUV and struck a tree. At the time of the accident, about an inch of sleet was on the ground, according to the FOX Forecast Center.

In Lehigh County, Pennsylvania, the coroner’s office said three people died in separate medical incidents while they were cleaning up snow on Sunday.

The Louisiana Department of Health (LDH) confirmed a third winter storm-related death, after announcing two people died of hypothermia on Sunday. The LDH announced an 86-year-old man in DeSoto Parish died due to carbon monoxide poisoning, raising the death toll to three in Louisiana. 

Massachusetts Bay Transit Authority police told FOX Weather that a non-MBTA snowplow struck a married couple that was walking in a MBTA parking lot Sunday. The wife died of her injuries.

Kentucky Gov. Andy Beshear announced on social media that a 72-year-old woman in Whitley County died from hypothermia, the states first confirmed winter storm-related death.

This comes as the Arkansas Department of Public Safety announced another death involving an ATV, as a 40-year-old male near Hope died, raising the state’s winter storm-related death toll to 2.

A 67-year-old man was pronounced dead in Verona, New Jersey after local police found him unresponsive on a sidewalk with a shovel in hand.

The South Carolina Department of Health confirmed a 96-year-old female died of hypothermia in Greenwood County.