NASHVILLE, Tenn. — Much of the nation remained gripped by deadly Arctic weather Sunday — with subfreezing conditions reaching as far south as Texas and Florida. But the numbing cold is expected to ease up in the coming days.

Nationally, winter storms this month have claimed at least 69 lives around the U.S., many involving hypothermia or road accidents.

On Sunday, crews in Memphis, Tennessee, continued to work around the clock to find and fix broken pipes that were causing low water pressure throughout the system.

Some residents have been without running water for days, and all of the utility’s customers continued to be under a boil water notice.

The continued cold weather is also responsible for at least 25 deaths in Tennessee, according to the state Department of Health.

Elsewhere, freezing rain, sleet and high wind gusts later Sunday would make traveling in parts of Kansas and Oklahoma particularly treacherous, the National Weather Service said.

Wind chills in Iowa made it feel like minus 20 degrees Fahrenheit in some parts.

But the end of subzero temperatures — which blasted into the U.S. on Friday — was in sight for parts of the country.

The daily high temperatures in Iowa’s capital of Des Moines, for example, were expected to stay above freezing starting Monday.

“With no additional replenishment of arctic air from Canada, a steady warm-up is in store for the mid-section of the country,” the weather service reported.

On the West Coast, more freezing rain was forecast in the Columbia River Gorge, and the area was expected to remain near or below freezing through at least Sunday night.