Residents across several southern and central U.S. states are being urged to prepare amid subfreezing temperatures and the potential for frost damage.

The National Weather Service (NWS) has issued multiple freeze warnings and frost advisories spanning from Alabama and the Carolinas to Missouri, Arkansas, Kansas, Oklahoma, and northern Georgia.

Why It Matters

" Frost and freeze conditions could kill crops, other sensitive vegetation and possibly damage unprotected outdoor plumbing," the NWS cautioned in its freeze warnings.

What To Know

Some of the lowest temperatures are forecast in western North Carolina and adjacent Rabun County, Georgia. Freeze warnings are in effect from 2 a.m. to 9 a.m. EDT Saturday for these areas .

Local temperatures in the Burke Mountains and the followin

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