(AP Photo/George Walker IV)A tree blocks the road days after an ice storm in Nashville, Tenn., on Tuesday, Jan. 27, 2026. (City of Oxford Mississippi via AP) ExpandAt least 85 people have died in areas affected by bitter cold from Texas to New Jersey. Roughly half the deaths were reported in Tennessee, Mississippi and Louisiana. Nashville Electric Service said Thursday that 963 linemen were repairing damage after the storm snapped hundreds of power poles in the area. Associated Press writers Jeff Martin in Atlanta; Jonathan Mattise and Travis Loller in Nashville, Tennessee; and Sarah Brumfield in Washington contributed to this report.