President Donald Trump announced on Feb. 7 that nearly $100 million in aid for Tennessee and Mississippi, following a series of severe winter storms that swept across large swathes of the country.
The icy weather has persisted for many states since Winter Storm Fern hit the central and eastern portions of the United States in late January, with recovery efforts still ongoing in many areas after heavy snow, sleet, and freezing rain knocked out power for more than 1 million people and canceled tens of thousands of flights.
