Overview
- Associated Press reports the toll has surpassed 110 since Jan. 24, with many deaths tied to hypothermia, suspected carbon monoxide exposure, and crashes; New York City officials cite 13 outdoor deaths.
- More than 70,000 customers in Tennessee and Mississippi remain without electricity into a second week, and Nashville’s mayor ordered a review of the city utility as full restoration is projected by Feb. 9.
- North Carolina recorded at least two traffic fatalities and more than 1,000 crashes as heavy snow created hazardous travel, and four unoccupied Outer Banks homes collapsed into the Atlantic.
- The National Weather Service maintains freeze warnings into south Georgia and much of Florida, with additional snow expected Tuesday across parts of Indiana, Kentucky, Ohio, and West Virginia.
- USA TODAY’s tracker showed about 169,000 customers without power as of early evening Feb. 1, and officials say restoration work and death investigations continue across multiple states.