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Situation in US South grows more dire after days of ice, frigid temperatures and widespread outages
More than 300,000 homes and businesses remain without power in the South, with utility crews working through the weekend amid ongoing freezing temperatures.
- 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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NES pressed over response to historic widespread outages, continued communication issues and more as thousands remain without power
NES reports that many will be without power into next week as they’ve deployed more than 1,000 lineworkers to continue restoration work.
·Nashville, United States
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Crews race to restore power and open roads as the South braces for another dangerous cold snap
Hundreds of National Guard troops in ice-stricken Mississippi and Tennessee mobilized Thursday to clear debris and assist people stranded in cars or stuck at homes still without electricity as the Southern states raced to recover from a crippling winter storm before another blast of dangerous cold hits Friday.
·Washington, United States
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Washington TimesCrews race to restore power, open roads as the South braces for another blast of dangerous cold
JACKSON, Miss. — Mississippi dispatched 500 National Guard troops to clear roads blocked by fallen trees and Tennessee had nearly 1,000...
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