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…
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…Open