*Lauren Rosenthal and Naureen S Malik for Bloomberg News*
A massive winter storm reached the US Atlantic Coast on Sunday, dropping heavy snow and ice that left electric grids strained and grounded thousands of flights at levels not seen since the pandemic.
Temperatures plunged on the storm’s eastward path. Parts of Texas and the Mid-South were coated in freezing rain — and a layer of ice thick enough to take down power lines. Up to 0.75 inches (1.9 centimeters) of ice is expected to accumulate across Nashville and surrounding areas through Sunday night.
Almost 933,000 homes and businesses across the US — the majority of them in Tennessee, Mississippi and Louisiana — were without electricity at 12:36 p.m. ET.
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*Lauren Rosenthal and Naureen S Malik for Bloomberg News*
A massive winter storm reached the US Atlantic Coast on Sunday, dropping heavy snow and ice that left electric grids strained and grounded thousands of flights at levels not seen since the pandemic.
Temperatures plunged on the storm’s eastward path. Parts of Texas and the Mid-South were coated in freezing rain — and a layer of ice thick enough to take down power lines. Up to 0.75 inches (1.9 centimeters) of ice is expected to accumulate across Nashville and surrounding areas through Sunday night.
Almost 933,000 homes and businesses across the US — the majority of them in Tennessee, Mississippi and Louisiana — were without electricity at 12:36 p.m. ET.
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