US EditionSituation in US South grows more dire after days of ice, frigid temperatures and widespread outages
Over 380,000 homes and businesses in Mississippi and Tennessee lost power as emergency crews worked amid historic ice and freezing temperatures, with deaths surpassing 70, officials said.
- On Wednesday, officials warned parts of the US South, including Mississippi and Tennessee, faced worsening conditions with subfreezing temperatures, widespread outages, and vehicles stranded on major highways.
- A widespread winter storm coated the region with ice and snow, snapping power lines and leaving roads impassable, hampering repairs to trees and ice-damaged infrastructure.
- PowerOutage.us data show about 830,000 customers without power nationwide, with roughly 332,000 outages concentrated in Tennessee and Mississippi Wednesday and Mississippi National Guard and snowplow deployments cleared gridlocked highways.
- Mississippi emergency managers reported dispatchers filed more than 2,000 calls and 200 people stayed at a warming shelter, while utility officials warned power restoration could take at least the weekend.
- Forecasters warned bitter cold will persist through next weekend, with a new influx of arctic air arriving this weekend, while officials said at least 70 deaths nationwide are blamed on cold causes.
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Crews race to restore power, open roads as the US South braces for another blast of dangerous cold
By SOPHIE BATES, JEFF MARTIN and RUSS BYNUM, Associated Press JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — Mississippi dispatched 500 National Guard troops to clear roads blocked by fallen trees and Tennessee had nearly 1,000 linemen scrambling to restore power to thousands of Nashville homes as the Southern states raced to recover from a crippling winter storm before another blast of dangerous cold hits Friday. The National Weather Service said arctic air moving into…
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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.
Mississippi closes portions of I-55, I-22 to clear ice and stranded trucks
Mississippi closes portions of I-55, I-22 to clear ice and stranded trucks JACKSON, Miss. (WLBT) – Portions of Interstate 55 and Interstate 22 in Mississippi were closed Wednesday to clear stranded commercial vehicles and ice after a traffic pileup overnight in freezing conditions. The Mississippi Department of Transportation and the Department of Public Safety made the closure decision after a perfect storm of problems that left drivers strande…
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