Worst winter storm in 30 years: Mississippi and Tennessee face growing crisis

“Calls of desperation”The growing misery and anxiety comes amid what Mississippi officials say is the state’s worst winter storm in more than 30 years. Roughly 332,000 homes and businesses remained without power Wednesday, the vast majority of them in Tennessee and Mississippi. (City of Oxford Mississippi via AP) APMore than 100,000 outages remained in Nashville, Tennessee, where downed trees and snapped power lines blocked access to some areas. Scott Simmons, spokesperson for the Mississippi Emergency Management Agency, said its drivers were having to find alternate routes to avoid the backups. (City of Oxford Mississippi via AP) AP“The highway kind of looks like a parking lot,” Clancy said in a phone interview.