At least 30 deaths were reported in states afflicted with severe cold. The weather service said Monday that a fresh influx of artic air is expected to sustain freezing temperatures in places already covered in snow and ice. More than 5 lakh power outagesThere were still more than 560,000 power outages in the nation Monday (January 26) evening, according to poweroutage.com. In Mississippi, officials scrambled to get cots, blankets, bottled water and generators to warming stations in hard-hit areas in the aftermath of the state’s worst ice storm since 1994. Officials reported four deaths in Tennessee, three deaths apiece in Louisiana and Pennsylvania; two deaths in Mississippi; and one each in New Jersey, South Carolina and Kentucky.

Source: The Hindu January 27, 2026 15:27 UTC