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Louisiana among numerous states reeling under harsh weather, massive outages 1 month 2 weeks 4 days ago Thursday, February 18 2021 Feb 18, 2021 February 18, 2021 6:08 AM February 18, 2021 in News Source: CNN Share: BATON ROUGE - Though temperatures are no longer below freezing in Baton Rouge, thousands remain without power and dangerously cold temperatures continue to pose a threat. In East Baton Rouge Parish alone, nearly 10,000 are still awaiting power restoration as of Thursday (Feb. 18) mor...

AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — Power was restored to more homes and businesses Thursday in states hit by a deadly blast of winter that overwhelmed the electrical grid and left millions shivering in the cold...

UPDATE ON TEXAS

Recent editorials from Mississippi newspapers:

CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) — West Virginia's attorney general is warning against price gouging during a state of emergency that took effect on Tuesday due to winter weather. Gov. Jim Justice...

OCEAN ISLE BEACH, N.C. (AP) — A winter storm that left millions without power in record-breaking cold weather claimed more lives Tuesday, including three people found dead after a tornado

Utilities say lessons learned from storm will have to wait February 17 2021 Scientists say more big damaging winter storms are likely because of climate change. By most accounts, its been 60 years since Oregon saw a storm that damaged the power grid to the degree ice and snow battered the Portland region this past weekend. In 1962, the famed "Columbus Day Storm" felled trees, powerlines, statues and military outposts with its typhoon-force winds. "The intense winds left over a mill...

Two people have died in the winter storm that's putting the mid-state on ice.

The Latest on winter weather across the U.S. (all times local):

LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) — Residents in Kentucky, Tennessee and West Virginia were warned on Monday to take precautions and stay off the roads as a second round of winter weather hit the states,...