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President Trump has approved large catastrophe declarations for Tennessee and Mississippi pursuing the catastrophic winter tempest that impacted 40 states successful precocious January.
The declarations volition let FEMA Public Assistance for counties successful some states impacted by the storm.
"This support ensures national resources are disposable to enactment Tennesseans, and we are grateful for the Trump Administration’s unwavering support," Tennessee Governor Bill Lee said.
Mississippi Governor Tate Reeves said with the support of the catastrophe declarations, "Mississippi volition beryllium capable to proceed our effect efforts and amended assistance Mississippians recover."
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In the 2 weeks since the tempest hit, the decease toll continues to rise, with astatine slightest 111 lives claimed by the tempest crossed much than a twelve states.
This support makes FEMA Public Assistance disposable to eligible authorities entities and definite backstage nonprofit organizations in 15 Tennessee counties to enactment effect and betterment efforts, including reimbursement for qualifying disaster-related costs. This is successful summation to the eight counties that person already been approved for Category B, Emergency Protective Measures Public Assistance, Gov. Lee said.
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NASHVILLE, TENNESSEE - JANUARY 26: Detailed presumption of a histrion subdivision coated successful crystal connected January 26, 2026 successful Nashville, Tennessee. (Brett Carlsen)
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Fallen branches and trees laic crossed roadways and inferior lines during a wintertime tempest connected January 25, 2026 successful Nashville, Tennessee. (Brett Carlsen/Getty Images)
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Damaged ice-covered trees and downed powerfulness lines during a wintertime tempest successful eastbound Nashville, Tennessee, US, connected Monday, Jan. 26, 2026. US powerfulness grids are expected to grapple with unprecedented seasonal request and the menace of blackouts aft a damaging wintertime tempest coated parts of the South and Mid-Atlantic successful crystal - leaving brutal acold successful its wake. Photographer: Kate Dearman/Bloomberg via Getty Images ( )
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NEW JERSEY, UNITED STATES - JANUARY 7: People shovel snowfall arsenic a almighty nor'easter and wintertime tempest person affected regular beingness successful Sussex, New Jersey, United States connected January 07, 2024. (Photo by Lokman Vural Elibol/Anadolu via Getty Images) ( )
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Oxford, Mississippi was battered by life-threatening crystal from a monolithic nationwide tempest connected Jan. 25, leaving wide damage—including large structural damage, fallen trees, and downed powerfulness lines—that continues to impact the country done the week. (FOX Weather/Brandy Campbell)
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Oxford, Mississippi was battered by life-threatening crystal from a monolithic nationwide tempest connected Jan. 25, leaving wide damage—including large structural damage, fallen trees, and downed powerfulness lines—that continues to impact the country done the week. (FOX Weather/Brandy Campbell)
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Oxford, Mississippi was battered by life-threatening crystal from a monolithic nationwide tempest connected Jan. 25, leaving wide damage—including large structural damage, fallen trees, and downed powerfulness lines—that continues to impact the country done the week. (FOX Weather/Brandy Campbell)
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Nashville was slammed by a large wintertime tempest that produced a damaging crystal tempest that has caused thousands of powerfulness outages and chaotic question conditions crossed the Metro Area. (Yuri Mamchur)
The tempest began connected Jan. 23 successful the Southwest earlier intensifying and pushing eastward crossed the country. The strategy developed Friday day successful the Plains, slamming the country with dense snow, crystal and rain.
As the tempest moved into the Southeast, crystal knocked retired powerfulness to tens of thousands crossed Tennessee and Mississippi.
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At its peak, the tempest near 1 cardinal Americans without power, immoderate for days.
It's been implicit 2 weeks since the storm, and immoderate places successful Mississippi were inactive experiencing powerfulness outages.
Ice tempest betterment is underway successful Nashville
A historical wintertime tempest bombarded Nashville, Tennessee, with dense crystal and snow. FOX Weather Correspondent Robert Ray is present with much connected however the assemblage is recovering.
Nashville, Tennessee, reported receiving implicit 0.47 inches of crystal portion parts of Mississippi received astir 1 inch of crystal accumulation.
Travel was besides heavy impacted, with much than 32,000 flights canceled nationwide passim the storm, making it 1 of the astir terrible question disruptions since the aboriginal days of the COVID-19 pandemic.
Multiple tractor-trailers jackknifed connected a road successful Missouri.
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Numerous multi-vehicle pileups were reported crossed the country, forcing large interstates to adjacent for days and leaving galore radical stranded.
In total, President Trump said helium approved astir $100 cardinal successful national assistance for Mississippi and Tennessee.
Both states proceed to beryllium successful the heavy of betterment arsenic they enactment to get assistance to their residents impacted by the storm.
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