Arctic Cold Prolongs U.S. Winter Storm Fallout as Outages and Cancellations Persist

Overview

• Roughly 700,000 to more than 800,000 customers remained without electricity Monday, with the heaviest concentrations in Tennessee, Mississippi and Louisiana, according to outage trackers and utilities.
• Authorities reported at least 26 storm-related deaths across multiple states as counts rose with continued frigid conditions, according to Associated Press tallies and local officials.
• Flight disruptions continued after one of the largest single-day cancellation totals since the pandemic, with thousands more cancellations and delays reported by FlightAware on Monday.
• The National Weather Service warned of dangerously cold wind chills and refreezing that could extend hazards and slow restoration in ice-battered Southern communities.
• Snow totals reached 1 to 2 feet in parts of the Northeast—including about 11 inches in New York City—while Mississippi officials characterized the ice damage as the state’s worst since 1994.