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. Temperatures were plummeting on Saturday, with a low of minus 27 degrees Fahrenheit recorded in West Virginia, said Bob Oravec, the lead meteorologist for the National Weather Service in College Park, Maryland.More than 127,000 homes and businesses, mostly in Mississippi and Tennessee, remain without power after last week's storm, according to poweroutage.us. In Nashville, Tennessee, where temperatures were in the teens on Saturday and more than 47,000 are still without power, frustrations bubbled. Terry Miles, 59, said his home has not had power since Sunday. He is using a fish fryer for heat, though he worries about the dangers of carbon monoxide. "I'm taking a chance of killing myself and killing my wife, because Why?" Miles said after attending a Nashville Electric Service news conference intended to showcase the utility's repairs on poles and lines. He then pointed to officials. Tennessee Gov. Bill Lee said he shared "strong concerns" with the leadership of Nashville Electric Service, adding that residents "need a clear timeline for power restoration, transparency on the number of linemen deployed, and a better understanding of when work will be completed in their neighborhood." The utility has defended its
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