Winter storm Fern may be gone but conditions remain dangerous in Mississippi and more than 150,000 are without power.

Parts of Mississippi will endure dangerous conditions into next week after a severe winter storm passes through the state this weekend.

North Mississippi counties can expect up to 3 inches of sleet, snow and an inch of ice in the latest NWS winter storm warning. What we know

Many colleges, universities and school districts will remain closed through Tuesday, Jan. 27.

A new burst of arctic air was on the way and there was an “increasing potential of another significant winter storm” for Eastern states this weekend, the National Weather Service said.

Mississippi Gov. Tate Reeves confirmed via a social media statement Monday, Jan. 26, that the winter storm caused the two deaths. Reeves also stated two injuries have been reported, one in Hinds County and another in Smith County. Both injuries were due to the storm, the governor stated.

The storm deaths were reported in New York, Tennessee, Louisiana, Kansas, Texas, Massachusetts, Arkansas, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Mississippi, Kentucky and New Jersey, and other deaths were under investigation.

Freezing temperatures and ice of the past weekend have impacted industries from timber to sugar cane, crawfish to cattle.

Dangerous weather is expected to begin moving into the state Friday and some areas could see low temps near zero early next week.

The blizzard that buried highways, snapped power lines and grounded flights across the country is finally loosening its grip, but the danger is not. As snowplows push the last drifts aside, a prolonged blast of Arctic air,