News Wrap: Dangerously cold weather blamed for over 60 deaths nationwide

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• John Yang:

  Good evening, I'm John Yang. Arctic weather has settled in for a weekend visit across much of the nation. At one point today a wind chill advisory stretched from parts of Montana all the way into Central Florida.

  The Midwest was particularly harsh today as wind chills in some places plunged as low as 16 below zero. Areas unfamiliar with cold weather now have to deal with it. In Memphis, so many water mains broke that water pressure dropped city wide.

  The cold snow and rice have been blamed for at least 61 deaths nationwide, many of them involving road accidents or hypothermia. Tennessee alone recorded 19 deaths. A potential thought isn't expected until next week when above average temperatures are forecast across most of the nation.

  Across the Middle East today the fallout from Israel's war with Hamas is raising tensions. U.S. forces carried out the seventh round of airstrikes on Yemen today destroying Houthi anti ship missiles they say we're being prepared to be launched into the Gulf of Aden.

  Iran has accused Israel of a missile strike and a building in Syria that killed five Iranian advisors, including members of its revolutionary guard.

  Several hours later in southern Lebanon, Hezbollah accused Israel of a drone strike on a car killing at least one of its members. The Israeli military did not comment.

  And in Iraq, U.S. personnel suffered minor injuries in a missile attack on the Al Assad airbase.

  And Stanford University's women's basketball coach Tara VanDerveer has tied Mike Krzyzewski as the winningest coach in college basketball history. Last night's victory over Oregon was win number 1,102 for VanDerveer, who has been a head coach for nearly 50 years. She could surpass Krzyzewski's win total Army and Duke in tomorrow's game against Oregon State.

  Still to come on PBS News Weekend, how added charges are making air travel pricier for many fliers. And what's behind the significant decline of trout in parts of Montana.