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Tens of thousands enter 6th day without power as Carolinas and Virginia prep for a winter storm
More than 230,000 homes remain without power in Mississippi and Tennessee during an Arctic blast and new storm, with heavy snow and blizzard conditions forecast for the Carolinas and Virginia.
- On Friday, tens of thousands of residents in the Carolinas and Virginia entered their sixth day without power, while poweroutage.us reported over 230,000 outages in Mississippi and Tennessee.
- The National Weather Service says arctic air will plunge temperatures Friday night into the teens, with forecasters expecting blizzard conditions Saturday night into early Sunday in the Carolinas, Virginia and northeast Georgia.
- State and local officials opened about 80 warming centers and sent supplies, distributing more than 600 warming units and over 2,200 gallons of gas and diesel, as Tennessee Gov. Bill Lee and Mississippi Gov. Tate Reeves led relief efforts.
- Health officials urged vigilance about cold exposure and unsafe heating, warning hypothermia can develop within hours in vulnerable groups and indoor heat sources may emit deadly carbon monoxide, said Dr. Zheng Ben Ma and Dr. Abhi Mehrotra.
- Forecasters say the cold will linger into February with heavy weekend snow in parts of North Carolina, while Mississippi officials called this the state's worst winter storm since 1994.
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Tens of thousands of Americans enter 6th day without power as Southeast preps for wild winter storm
Tens of thousands of people entered their sixth day with no electricity on Friday as the Carolinas and Virginia prepared for a significant winter storm that could bring more snowfall.
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Tens of thousands enter 6th day without power as Carolinas and Virginia prep for a winter storm
Tens of thousands of people are entering their sixth day with no electricity as the Carolinas and Virginia prepare for a significant winter storm that could bring more snowfall than some parts of North Carolina have seen in years. The…
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