Dozens more were added to the death toll in connection with a massive winter storm combining snow, ice and freezing temperatures over the weekend.
At least 62 people in various states were reported to have died at the time of the most recent update Tuesday (January 27) night, USA TODAY reports. The death toll was previously reported to be at 35 earlier in the day.
A total 383,335 U.S. customers were reported to still be without power as of 9:30 a.m. ET on Wednesday (January 28), which included 129,927 in Tennessee, the most of any state, followed by Mississippi, Louisiana, Texas, Kentucky, South Carolina, Georgia and Massachusetts, according to Poweroutage.us.
Nashville Electric Service, which had more outages than any electric company in the entire United States, issued a statement claiming the event “peaked at 230,000 outages,” which was its highest number since derecho windstorms in May 2020. President Donald Trump approved 12 federal emergency disaster declarations for Arkansas, Georgia, Indiana, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maryland, Mississippi, North Carolina, South Carolina, Tennessee, Virginia and West Virginia through the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) on Sunday (January 25).
“It is rare that storms combine this much snow, ice and bitter cold over such a large area — a widespread travel-halting winter storm will stall daily life for days in large portions of the central and eastern U.S.,” said Evan Myers of AccuWeather.
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