Tennessee’s cold blast has passed, but the return to normalcy will be a slow process.
Deaths, outages and icy roads: Tennessee’s dangerous cold continues
The Tennessee Department of Health has confirmed 14 fatalities related to the winter storm. Five people have died in Shelby County, two in Washington, and one each in Hickman, Madison, Carroll, Knox, Van Buren, Lauderdale and Henry counties.
Re-air: Surviving Outside When Temperatures Drop Below Freezing
Right now, Middle Tennessee is covered in snow. It’s beautiful. It’s also well below freezing. How can we all keep family, friends and animals safe in this and every winter storm? And what do the unhoused do when it’s dangerously cold out?
As deep freeze sets in, Tennessee snow is here to stay
The totals are in: Middle Tennessee got more than 7.5 inches of snow over the holiday weekend, according to the National Weather Service.
More snow and dangerous cold: what’s in the forecast for Middle Tennessee and how to prepare
Snow — as much as 4 inches in some pockets — blanketed Middle Tennessee overnight, and residents woke to a wind chill around zero degrees on Martin Luther King Jr. Day. A winter storm warning is in effect until 6 a.m. Tuesday.
Metro loosened its criteria for cold weather sheltering. Here’s the impact of a 4-degree change.
Frigid temperatures are headed for Middle Tennessee this weekend. And with lows expected to reach the single digits next week, the region will face some of the coldest temperatures it’s seen all year.
Climate change threatens Tennessee’s electric grid. Can longer transmission lines help?
Transmission lines carry electricity from power plants to cities across Tennessee. Transmission lines can also carry electricity across the country — if utilities allow it.
Thawing out from the Arctic storm shifted Tennessee’s soils, breaking water pipes and threatening drinking water for some
When temperatures climbed comfortably above freezing, the ground began to thaw and move, causing some water line breaks — one of which caused a massive dumping of clean water into the Cumberland River.
TVA bet on gas for Arctic storms. It backfired.
Last Friday’s rolling blackouts are adding to questions about TVA’s reliance on fossil fuels during inclement weather.
‘Frostbite is absolutely a concern.’ Nashville forecasted for -17 wind chill
On Wednesday, the National Weather Service forecasted a “dangerous and life-threatening” wind chill of -17 degrees in Nashville for Friday morning and -8 degrees on Saturday morning.
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