Six people have died in Shelby County from the winter storm that hit the area in late January. According to a press release from the Tennessee Emergency Management Agency, Shelby County leads the state with the most weather-related deaths from the January winter storm, with six. It was not immediately clear exactly how the deaths occurred.

About 240 million people were under cold weather advisories and winter storm warnings Saturday as a powerful system threatened to bring howling winds, flooding and heavy snow to the East Coast as the region continued to dig out from last week's frigid winter weather .

In Oxford, where the winter storm devastated the city and left many without power, recovery is being led by the people who live there.

The winter storm has moved out, but the result is dangerous roads, closed churches and extremely cold temperatures.

Some American Airlines flight attendants were left "stranded in airport terminals and hotel lobbies," the APFA union said.

A bomb cyclone, also known as bombogenesis, may occur when cold and warm air collide, such as air over warm ocean waters. It also happens when a cyclone rapidly strengthens over a 24-hour period, according to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration.

“Storms are a natural part of Earth's system and are not going away,” William Ripple, co-lead author of the 2025 State of the Climate report, told TIME in an email. “We are not losing storms; we are getting storms that are supercharged with extra water and energy.”

The worst seems to be heading toward the Carolinas, but the Sunshine State’s humans, animals and even plants are preparing for winter weather.