More than 100 people have died from storms in the last week, officials say.

Winter Storm Fern's reported death toll reaches 85 nationwide as Mississippi continues recovery efforts with hundreds of thousands still without power.

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

Thousands of families in the Nashville area have faced more than a week without power in frigid weather after the biggest winter storm of the season brought Arctic air and dangerous ice to the South.

Feb 3 (Reuters) - Privately insured losses from the recent winter storm are estimated to be $6.7 billion, catastrophe risk modeling firm Karen Clark and Company said on Tuesday. A major winter storm swept across parts of the eastern and southern U.

The deaths occurred amid a second major winter storm that brought heavy snow and high winds from the Carolinas to Virginia.

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

Recent storms damaged the pier at Perfect Day at CocoCay in the Bahamas, so only one ship can visit per day until repairs are made.

By Jon Nazca RONDA, Spain, Feb 4 (Reuters) - Spanish and Portuguese authorities braced on Wednesday for the impact of Storm Leo, suspending classes in some areas and warning against travel, just one week after deadly Storm Kristin wreaked havoc across the Iberian Peninsula.

Back-to-back weekend storms — including one covering the entire state — have cost North Carolina $5 million on salt alone.