US EditionSituation in US South grows more dire after days of ice, frigid temperatures and widespread outages
The storm caused prolonged outages affecting 332,000 homes and stranded drivers on icy highways, with emergency crews working overnight to clear roads and restore power.
- On Jan. 28, MDOT and DeSoto County officials reported significant traffic issues as hundreds were stranded on Interstate 55 in north Mississippi.
- A prolonged arctic blast produced black ice and slide-offs, prompting the DeSoto County Sheriff's Office to warn roads were impassable on Wednesday.
- Mississippi Governor Tate Reeves coordinated response, signing an order to deploy at least 500 Mississippi National Guard members as some 18-wheeler drivers were stranded over 12 hours since 8 p.m. Tuesday.
- More than 380,000 homes and businesses, mostly in Mississippi and Tennessee, remained without electricity, and the Interstate 55 Coldwater bridge was shut down both directions near mile marker 257.
- Forecasters warn a new blast is expected Friday and Saturday with heavy snow likely in the Carolinas, parts of Virginia, and from Georgia to Maine.
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Situation in US South grows more dire after days of ice, frigid temperatures and widespread outages
The situation for some of the most vulnerable people trapped in homes in Tennessee and Mississippi without electricity is reaching a breaking point.
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…
Worries deepen in US South after days of grappling with snow, ice and widespread outages
JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — Conditions were growing more dire in parts of the South still reeling from subfreezing temperatures and widespread power outages as vehicles got stranded for hours on major highways and officials warned Wednesday that people stuck at home were running out of food, medicine and other essentials.Mississippi dispatched 135 snowplows and National Guard troops equipped with wreckers to sections of Interstates 55 and 22 gridlocke…
National Guard to help drivers stuck on I-55, Batesville mayor says
PANOLA COUNTY, Miss. -- The mayor of Batesville said that the National Guard will be helping drivers stuck on Interstate 55 northbound south of Batesville, Mississippi, on Wednesday morning. There was a series of crashes as vehicles tried to get up and down a hilly area during icy road conditions near the rest stop on [...]
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