Tens of thousands enter 6th day without power as Carolinas and Virginia prep for a winter storm
Stanley Harris, an employee at Holding Oil and Gas, attaches a hose to a propane tank in the bed of his pickup truck in Wake Forest, N.C., on Friday, Jan. 30, 2026. (AP Photo/Allen G. Breed)
BELZONI, Miss. (AP) — Tens of thousands of people entered their sixth day with no electricity Friday as the Carolinas and Virginia were preparing for a significant winter storm that could bring more snowfall than some parts of North Carolina have seen in years.
The National Weather Service said arctic air moving into the Southeast will cause already frigid temperatures to plummet into the teens (minus 10 degrees Celsius) on Friday night in cities like Nashville, Tennessee, where many people still lacked power nearly a week after a massive storm dumped snow and ice across the eastern U.S.
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