Overview
- Forecasters say a rapidly strengthening coastal system will deliver heavy snow, high winds and dangerous wind chills from the Carolinas into Virginia, with snow possible up the Mid-Atlantic to New England.
- More than 100 deaths have been reported from Texas to New Jersey, with some attributed to hypothermia and others suspected to involve carbon monoxide exposure.
- At least 170,000 customers were still without power Friday night, largely in Mississippi and Tennessee, and utilities warn full restoration could take days.
- Mississippi and Tennessee have deployed National Guard troops to clear debris, conduct welfare checks and distribute supplies, including heating units, fuel, food and blankets.
- Mississippi officials call it the state’s worst winter storm since 1994, and Southeast coastal communities unaccustomed to snow are bracing with limited equipment.