At least 18 deaths around the U.S. as Northeast sees more snow from tail end of colossal winter storm

"Utility officials in New Albany, Mississippi, said some homes and businesses could be without electricity for at least a week. In nearby Oxford, where most residents and University of Mississippi students were without power Monday, Mayor Robyn Tannehill said on social media that so many trees, limbs and power lines had fallen that "it looks like a tornado went down every street.""

""Apparently, the new status symbol in this town is having electricity," said Marshall Ramsey, a University of Mississippi journalism professor whose family was running a generator at their Oxford home Monday to power a space heater and keep phones charged. A pair of burly, falling tree branches damaged real estate agent Tim Phillips' new garage, broke a window and cut off power to his home in Oxford. He said half of his neighbors had homes or vehicles damaged."

A colossal winter storm produced over a foot of snow across a 1,300-mile swath from Arkansas to New England, with up to two feet forecast in harder-hit areas. The storm halted traffic, canceled flights and prompted widespread school closures. Freezing rain in the South caused tree limbs and power lines to snap, producing more than 800,000 reported outages, many concentrated in northern Mississippi and parts of Tennessee. Some homes and businesses could remain without electricity for at least a week. At least 18 weather-related deaths were reported. Local residents reported extensive property damage and relied on generators and emergency measures to stay warm and charged.

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