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

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

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

Florida, North and South Carolina, Alaska, and Montana have been hit with snow, “dangerously cold” wind chills and freeze alerts.

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.

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

Another winter storm continues to linger over North Carolina early Sunday, Feb. 1, bringing heavy snow and hazardous conditions across much of the state.

At 1:05 a.m. on Wednesday, the NWS Wakefield VA released a winter weather advisory valid from 6 p.m. until Thursday 7 a.m. The advisory is for Northampton, Hertford, Gates and Bertie counties.

On Tuesday, Feb. 4, the National Weather Service revealed a new winter storm is expected to bring a dusting of snow and strong winds across several states. "Across the northern tier states, a series of Alberta clippers will move across the region,