India, Jan. 28 -- As a deadly storm that brought crippling ice to the South and deep snow to the Northeast finally began to swirl out to sea on Monday, it represented light at the end of the tunnel for some. But thousands of Americans were still without power or heat, and temperatures were forecast to plunge well below freezing by early on Tuesday in areas where the ice storm did its worst damage.

More than 800,000 power outages were reported nationwide Monday morning, with more than 150,000 of them in the Nashville, Tennessee, area, according to poweroutage.Com. About 140,000 remained without power in hard-hit Mississippi, and 115,000 more in icy Louisiana. After a sleepless night in Iuka, Mississippi, Adrian Ronca-Hohn said he awoke Mo...