Winter storm updates: Dozens dead across US in wake of massive snowfall, deep freeze

Storm deaths were reported in the Northeast, the South and the Plains.

ByEmily Shapiro, David Brennan, and Bill Hutchinson
Last Updated: January 27, 2026, 4:41 PM EST

A deadly winter storm that brought massive snowfall across the U.S. knocked out power to hundreds of thousands of people in the South and crippled travel in the Northeast.

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What to know about ice storms

Ice storms are specifically defined as storms that result in ice accumulations of at least a quarter of an inch on exposed surfaces, according to the National Weather Service.

A Nashville Department of Transportation truck applies salt brine to a roadway on Jan. 22, 2026, in Nashville, Tenn. ahead of a winter storm expected to hit the state over the weekend.
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This system could rival the March 1993 so-called "Storm of the Century," Marshall Shepherd, director of the Atmospheric Sciences Program at the University of Georgia and former president of the American Meteorological Society, told ABC News.

Click here for what you need to know about ice storms.

-ABC News' Julia Jacobo

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