BREAKING: FREEZING RAIN SLAMS …

More than 288,000 households across Tennessee are without power as a severe ice storm batters the region. Areas around Nashville are being hit hardest after hours of relentless freezing rain. Power lines are failing, and heavy trees are snapping and crashing onto vehicles. Drivers are stranded on roads turned into dangerous sheets of ice, while homes face growing pressure from thick ice buildup on rooftops.