Just a few flurries fall on the stadium mostly-cleared of snow in Orchard Park, N.Y, forward of the NFL soccer sport between the Buffalo Bills and Kansas City Chiefs on Sunday.

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Just a few flurries fall on the stadium mostly-cleared of snow in Orchard Park, N.Y, forward of the NFL soccer sport between the Buffalo Bills and Kansas City Chiefs on Sunday.

John Wawrow/AP

NASHVILLE, Tenn. — Subfreezing situations and treacherous roadways have contributed to dozens of deaths this month throughout the U.S., the place states as far south as Texas and Florida stay gripped by deadly arctic weather Sunday. But the numbing chilly is anticipated to ease up within the coming days.

Nationally, winter storms have claimed at the very least 72 lives across the U.S. this January, many involving hypothermia or road accidents.

On Sunday, crews in Memphis, Tennessee, continued to work across the clock to search out and repair damaged pipes that had been inflicting low water strain all through the system. Memphis Light, Gas and Water President and CEO Doug McGowen advised reporters Sunday afternoon that crews are making progress and he expects a lot of the 700,000 individuals the utility companies to have water restored over the following 24 hours.

“If we remain on this very positive path, and we are on a positive path, I believe that by Wednesday we will have pressure sufficient for us to take samples of our water system,” he mentioned. “Assuming good results, we think that means a Thursday for lifting of the boil water advisory.”

McGowen additionally requested individuals to cease dripping their taps to assist construct strain within the system.

Memphis Light, Gas and Water was repairing 10 water major breaks on Sunday afternoon, and McGowen mentioned he expects to see extra as the bottom continues to thaw. The utility mentioned it beforehand repaired 41 damaged water mains and positioned greater than 4,000 leaks at houses and companies.

Rhodes College, in Memphis, started sending college students dwelling there residence on Saturday and transferring those that couldn’t return residence to resorts. The faculty was planning digital lessons on Monday and Tuesday.

“We ask that you NOT come to campus either day due to the ongoing water situation and the hazards that creates,” the college announcement mentioned.

Sam Roth is a junior majoring in politics, philosophy and economics who drove again residence to Nashville moderately than staying in a resort the place he would nonetheless be required to boil water.

“Our faucets stopped working, and they said not to use any of the restrooms on our floor, and our showers were not working very well either,” he mentioned of the scenario in his dormitory.

Restaurants and bars had been utilizing bottled water to serve prospects on Sunday. Some eating places remained closed, citing the water difficulty, whereas others had a modified menu.

Memphis was the most important, however not the one, water system in Tennessee to expertise issues from the unusually chilly climate. The Tennessee Emergency Management Agency mentioned on Saturday night time that 28 water techniques have issued boil water notices.

In Tipton County, the hearth division in Mason warned residents on Saturday to be ready for a multiday water outage. Fire officers mentioned in a Facebook put up that water crews had been working in any respect hours to attempt to isolate and restore leaks.

The mayor acknowledged in an interview with WMC-TV that the city has had water points previously on account of a system that “nobody took care of for a long time” and is want of updates.

“The whole town has been without water for five days,” mentioned exasperated Mason resident Christina Ray. The fireplace division is handing out water all through the city of 1,300 residents, however is limiting it to at least one case per day, per family. That’s not sufficient for her household, which was amassing snow to flush the bathrooms.

“It’s hard to cook. It’s hard to flush toilets. It’s hard to do dishes. We can’t wash laundry,” she mentioned.

With hotter temperatures predicted this week, Ray now says she’s confronted with one other fear: the potential of bursting pipes.

The continued chilly climate can also be liable for at the very least 27 deaths in Tennessee, in line with the Tennessee Department of Health.

Just south in Mississippi, the state’s Emergency Management Agency mentioned Sunday that 11 individuals have died of causes associated to frigid climate since Jan. 14.

Elsewhere, freezing rain, sleet and excessive wind gusts later Sunday would make touring in elements of Kansas and Oklahoma significantly treacherous, the National Weather Service mentioned. Wind chills in Iowa made it really feel like minus 20 levels Fahrenheit (minus 7 levels Celsius) in some elements.

But the tip of subzero temperatures — which blasted into the U.S. on Friday — was in sight for elements of the nation. The every day excessive temperatures in Iowa’s capital of Des Moines, for instance, had been anticipated to remain above freezing beginning Monday.

“With no additional replenishment of arctic air from Canada, a steady warm-up is in store for the mid-section of the country,” the climate service mentioned.

In western New York, Buffalo Bills followers had been preparing for an additional residence playoff sport Sunday night towards the Kansas City Chiefs, with temperatures forecast round 20 levels Fahrenheit (minus 7 levels Celsius), winds round 10 mph (16 kph) and a slight likelihood of snow showers. On Friday and Saturday, lots of of individuals confirmed up at Highmark Stadium in Orchard Park to assist shovel snow out of the stands for the second week in a row, incomes $20 an hour.

The Erie County Sheriff’s Office was urging followers Sunday to not throw snowballs within the stadium or trespass on the brand new stadium building web site.

In Vermont, temperatures within the single digits to low teenagers did not cease ice anglers and snowmobilers from their sport, and younger ski jumpers braved the chilly as they competed in northern New Hampshire. But 23 skiers and snowboarders needed to be rescued in frigid temperatures on Saturday after turning into misplaced within the backcountry in Killington, Vermont, police mentioned.

On the West Coast, extra freezing rain was forecast within the Columbia River Gorge and the world was anticipated to stay close to or under freezing by at the very least Sunday night time. Trees and energy strains already coated with ice may topple in the event that they get extra, the National Weather Service warned.

“Stay safe out there over the next several days as our region tries to thaw out,” the climate service mentioned. “Chunks of falling ice will remain a hazard as well.”

Heavy rain forecast for Southern California on Sunday and Monday prompted the Los Angeles County Office of Emergency Management to difficulty an evacuation warning close to Topanga Canyon efficient by Tuesday morning on account of doable mud or particles flows.

The Los Angeles workplace of the National Weather Service reported doable rain totals as much as 1.5 inches (3.8 centimeters) and as much as 2.5 inches (6.3 centimeters) throughout the world’s foothills by Monday night time.