US EditionIcy highways leave drivers stuck in Mississippi as freezing US temperatures persist
Mississippi Governor Tate Reeves deployed 500 National Guard members and FEMA sent 11 truckloads of supplies to assist hundreds stranded on icy roads amid Arctic cold blast.
- On Wednesday, hundreds of motorists were stranded on Interstate 55 in north Mississippi, prompting Mississippi officials to urge residents to avoid travel and MDOT to tell drivers to turn around.
- Black ice and slide-offs made roads impassable, DeSoto County officials said as crews worked overnight, while the National Weather Service warned of prolonged below-freezing temperatures and arctic air Friday and Saturday.
- Emergency crews dispatched tow trucks and drones to clear stalled vehicles and assist stranded motorists, with some 18-wheelers stuck since about 8 p.m. Tuesday on icy roads.
- Mississippi will deploy at least 500 National Guard members and coordinate through MEMA to clear roads, while FEMA is delivering 90 truckloads of supplies and deploying a 90-person chainsaw team Wednesday morning.
- Widespread outages and fatalities underscore the broader regional impacts beyond stranded motorists on I-55, with more than 380,000 homes and businesses without power mostly in Mississippi and Tennessee and at least 50 deaths reported in Hinds, Leflore, Simpson, and Alcorn counties.
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Icy highways leave drivers stuck in Mississippi as freezing U.S. temperatures persist
Officials in Mississippi say crews worked through the night to clear stranded vehicles on icy major highways as the eastern U.S. endures what could become its longest period of freezing cold in decades.
By RUSS BYNUM Emergency crews worked through the night and into Wednesday morning to remove vehicles stranded on Mississippi's icy interstate highways as the eastern United States experiences what forecasters say could become its longest period of freezing cold in decades. Authorities deployed cranes and drones to assist drivers stuck in heavy traffic on Interstate 55 in northern Mississippi and other major roads, Governor Tate Reeves wrote in a…
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