Ice storm of ’26 draws comparisons to ’94

MEMPHIS, Tenn. — The ice storm of January 2026 buried north Mississippi in over an inch of ice.

Cars were crashed and abandoned up and down Interstate 55, with days of freezing temperatures and 90% of some counties without power.

The heaviest ice was in northern and northeastern Mississippi, according to Tyler Eliasen, Chief Meteorologist at WREG…

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