AXIOS (April Rubin) - Winter storm's power outages hammer the South
While most of the South is bouncing back from the ongoing winter storms , the crisis in Nashville and parts of Mississippi is dragging into another week, with at least 37 dead and tens of thousands still without power. Why it matters: Unlike Texas in 2021, power generation held up. The failures were more mundane: Icy trees snapped power lines, and crews struggled to reach damaged poles. That's left a patchwork recovery: Most of the region is recovering, but tens of thousands remain stuck without heat in freezing temperatures. Driving the news: At least 37 people have died — 21 in Tennessee, 16 in Mississippi — according to the Federal Emergency Management Agency's Sunday operations briefing . - As of Monday morning, more than 50,000…
AI:The ongoing winter storm crisis in the South has turned deadly, with at least 37 fatalities reported—including 21 in Tennessee and 16 in Mississippi—as freezing temperatures persist. While most of the region recovers, tens of thousands remain trapped without electricity; over 50,000 MissISSippians and 28,000 Tennesseans are still facing outages caused by icy trees snapping lines rather than grid failure. President Trump has issued 12 emergency declarations to unlock FEMA resources and deployed over 5,300 National Guard members across 15 states to assist with the response. Amidst this catastrophe, bureaucratic friction is mounting as federal unions challenge DHS orders to halve the FEMA workforce, leaving the agency short-staffed and…Open