New cold snap adds urgency to winter storm recovery across the South
New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani, right, stands backdropped by a pile of snow while recording a video during a visit to the Department of Sanitation's snow melting operations in New York, Thursday, Jan. 29, 2026. (AP Photo/Yuki Iwamura)
BELZONI, Miss. (AP) — Hundreds of National Guard troops in ice-stricken Mississippi and Tennessee mobilized Thursday to clear debris and assist people stranded in cars or stuck at homes still without electricity as the Southern states raced to recover from a crippling winter storm before another blast of dangerous cold hits Friday.
The National Weather Service said arctic air moving into the Southeast will cause already frigid temperatures to plunge into the teens (minus 10 Celsius) on Friday night in cities like Nashville, where more than 80,000 homes and businesses still had no power five days after a massive storm dumped snow and ice across the eastern U.S.
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