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A powerful storm is coming east coast On Saturday, forecasters warned of high winds, flooding and heavy snow, including in some southeastern coastal communities more accustomed to hurricanes than blizzards. While tens of thousands of homes and businesses remain without power, temperatures have plummeted.
In Myrtle Beach, south carolina – whose official symbol is the sun, palm trees and seagulls – is expected to receive 6 inches (15 centimeters) of snow. Mayor Marc Krua said the city has no snow removal equipment and authorities plan to “use what equipment we can find.”
Below-freezing weather is expected in February, with heavy snow expected over the weekend in the Carolinas, Virginia and northeastern Georgia, with up to 1 foot (30 centimeters) of snow falling in some areas. North Carolina. Snow is also said to be possible from Maryland to Maine.
Forecasters said wind and snow could lead to blizzard conditions Saturday night and early Sunday before the storm moves out to sea.
Severe cold is expected to spread to southern Florida.
The temperature is close to ten degrees (minus 10 degrees Celsius) nashville, tennesseefrustration ensues for those who have been without power for a week.
Terry Miles, a 59-year-old construction worker, has had no power since a storm hit last Sunday, leaving him using a fish fryer to stay warm and worried about the dangers of carbon monoxide.
“I risked myself and my wife because — why?” Myers said after participating in a Nashville Electric Service news conference designed to showcase the utility’s repairs to poles and lines. Then he pointed to the officer.
More than 170,000 homes and businesses were without power, mostly in Mississippi and Tennessee, according to outage tracking website poweroutage.us. As of Friday night, there were more than 57,000 people in Nashville.
Tennessee Gov. Bill Lee said he shared “strong concerns” with Nashville Electric Service’s leadership, adding that residents “want a clear timeline for power restoration, transparency on the number of line maintenance crews deployed, and a better understanding of when work in their communities will be completed.”
The utility defended its response, calling the storm that hit last weekend unprecedented.
Mississippi officials said the massive winter storm was the worst since 1994. About 80 warming centers are open, and National Guard troops are delivering supplies via trucks and helicopters.
Experts warn that the risk of hypothermia is increasing. Frostbite is also a concern in the South, where some people may lack adequate warm clothing, said Dr. David Nestler, an emergency medicine specialist at the Mayo Clinic in Minnesota.
More than 100 people have died from Texas to New Jersey, about half of them in Tennessee, Mississippi and Louisiana. While some deaths have been attributed to hypothermia, others are suspected to be related to carbon monoxide exposure. Officials have not released specific details about some of the deaths.
In North Carolina, hundreds of National Guard troops prepared to help and state workers worked to prepare roads.
Oil and gas companies in Wake Forest were getting an influx of propane tanks Friday, including Jose Rosa, who arrived after strikes at three other locations.
“I came out here in such cold weather and I didn’t like it,” Rosa said, holding a 20-pound (9-kilogram) water tank.
In Dare County, which covers much of North Carolina’s Outer Banks, residents fear more unoccupied homes in neighborhoods like Rodanthe and Buxton could collapse into the Atlantic Ocean.
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Associated Press writers Jeff Martin in Kennesaw, Georgia; Jeffrey Collins in Columbia, South Carolina; Gary Robertson in Raleigh, North Carolina; Jonathan Mathis and Travis Loehler in Nashville, Tennessee; Allen G. Breed in Wake Forest, North Carolina; Sarah Broomfield in Washington; David Fisher in Fort Lauderdale; Devi Shastri in Milwaukee and Hallie Golden in Seattle also contributed.