(City of Oxford Mississippi via AP)This image taken from a video released by the city of Oxford, Miss., shows crews working on power lines Tuesday, Jan. 27, 2026. (City of Oxford Mississippi via AP)JACKSON, Miss. It could be days before power is restored across the South, where more subfreezing temperatures are expected by Friday in areas unaccustomed to and ill-equipped for such cold. The situation in northern Mississippi was “life-or-death,” said Jamie Parttridge, a longtime resident of Batesville, along icy Interstate 55 in the hard-hit northern part of the state. Around 90,000 outages remained in Nashville, Tennessee, where downed trees and snapped power lines blocked access to some areas.