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January 29, 2026
Americans recount living through the deadly winter storm: ‘There was ice in the toilets’
With hundreds of thousands of homes still without power, we spoke to residents affected, many confined indoors
TL;DR
- Hundreds of thousands of homes remain without power due to severe winter weather.
- In Nashville, Tennessee, ice-laden trees broke, blocking roads and damaging property, leaving residents like Meghan without power for extended periods.
- In rural western Michigan, a home's unlatched door led to freezing temperatures, empty propane, and broken water pipes.
- New York Mayor Zohran Mamdani was seen helping a stranded motorist shovel snow in Brooklyn.
- In northeastern Pennsylvania, GH Hovagimyan's car skidded on a snowy road and got stuck in a snowdrift but was helped by fuel delivery workers.
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