Overview
- Officials report at least 42 deaths across multiple states linked to the storm and extreme cold, including three young brothers who fell through an icy Texas pond.
- Roughly 470,000 to 500,000 customers remain without electricity, with the largest outages concentrated in Tennessee, Mississippi and Louisiana.
- Nashville Electric Service says outages peaked at a record 230,000 customers and warns some residents may be without power for up to a week.
- Mississippi has deployed about 500 National Guard members and FEMA is sending supplies as utilities warn that repairs will be prolonged due to extensive ice damage.
- More than 200 million people are under cold alerts, and forecasters say additional record lows are possible as far south as Florida with another storm possible late week.