NASHVILLE—Over 185,000 Americans were without power nearly one week after a deadly winter storm swept through two-thirds of the country.
States that faced ongoing power outages on Jan. 30 included Mississippi, Tennessee, Louisiana, and Texas.
The northern part of Mississippi had the most outages with nearly 80,000 utility customers in the dark as of 5 p.m. ET.
Officials at the North East Mississippi Electric Power Association said they weren’t sure when the lights would be back.
“I’m not quite prepared to give a real good estimate of when you might get power,” General Manager Keith Hayward said in a Jan. 29 video posted on X….