Snow and blizzards move into US east coast as 85 dead from last week’s storm

National guard members work to remove trees felled by winter weather, on 30 January 2026 in Nashville, Tennessee. Photograph: George Walker IV/AP

Dozens of people have died in the teeth of a severe winter storm across the US south, with further freezing temperatures, snow and blizzards set to assail the east coast on Saturday.

At least 85 people have died across multiple states, according to an Associated Press tally, with frigid conditions and icy roads causing car crashes, hypothermia and other fatal incidents.