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BYHALIA, Mississippi – Latest news of the winter storm hitting some parts of the South (local time):
17h
At least three of the 44 people injured in a bus accident in northern Mississippi, near Memphis, Tennessee, are in serious condition in hospitals in the area.
Spokesperson Ayoka Pond said that 19 passengers had been transported from the accident site near Byhalia to the DeSoto Memorial Baptist Hospital in Southaven, Mississippi, and that three of them were in serious condition. She says seven other patients were taken to the Baptist Memorial Hospital-Collierville in the suburbs of Memphis, Tennessee.
Spokesman Mary Alice Taylor, spokeswoman, also transported 18 passengers to the Olive Branch of the Methodist Hospital in this Mississippi city. The hospital can not immediately provide the conditions for any of the wounded.
The authorities claim that two people died in the accident, which a Mississippi Road Patrol official termed as weather. Authorities said light snow and sleet had smoothed roads in some parts of the south affected by the storm before the winter.
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16.30.
National Transportation Safety Board spokesman Keith Holloway said the federal agency has not yet determined whether it would investigate the crash of a tourism bus in northern Mississippi, causing two deaths and dozens of injuries.
Holloway said in a statement Wednesday afternoon that the commission was generally investigating accidents where it could make recommendations to improve systemic safety without investigating every accident.
Duane DeBruyne, of the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration, said his agency was not investigating accidents, but "will help out" investigations by local, regional or NTSB authorities.
A spokeswoman for the Mississippi Road Patrol said two people died and 44 others were injured aboard a tour bus that spilled on an icy highway in the northern part of the US. State near Memphis.
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16h
A spokeswoman for the Mississippi Road Patrol said two people died and 44 others were injured aboard a tour bus that spilled on an icy highway in the northern part of the US. State near Memphis.
Sgt. Joey Miller of Troop E of the Mississippi Road Patrol said in a statement that the bus was carrying 46 people in all and that the accident was "weather-related". He did not say in the statement to the Associated Press by email, but said the wounded had been taken to several hospitals suffering from a wide variety of injuries.
The accident occurred while a storm before the winter dropped sleet and light snow on parts of the south.
According to the statement, the bus was heading south on Interstate 269 in Desoto County, Mississippi, heading from Huntsville (Alabama) to Tunica (Mississippi). It crashed at 12:35.
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3:45 p.m.
A tow truck was connected to the bus that spilled on an icy road southeast of Memphis during a storm before the winter.
Authorities say two people died and several others were injured, some seriously, when the bus was knocked down shortly after midday Wednesday in northern Mississippi. The region is southeast of Memphis, Tennessee.
An Associated Press reporter stated that most of the red and gray striped tourist bus windows were missing and that a smell of gasoline still lingered a few hours after Wednesday's crash. The bus was damaged, including heavy scratches on the driver's side.
Workers are also cleaning the debris road and we could see some of the crushed windows landing on the median.
Westbound traffic on Interstate 269 near the crash site, in north Mississippi, remained closed for hours after the accident, although eastbound traffic resumed Wednesday afternoon. At least eight police vehicles remained on the scene.
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3:20 p.m.
A coroner said that two people had died and several others injured, some seriously, after the rollover of a tour bus on an icy access ramp in northern Mississippi.
DeSoto County sheriff's deputy Alex Coker said the bus carrying about 50 people was knocked down shortly after Wednesday noon south of Memphis, Tennessee. The accident occurred while a winter storm swept some parts of the south.
County coroner Josh Pounders said two people died in the accident where Interstate 269 and Interstate 22 met. He said the wounded were taken to hospitals in the area, some of them in critical condition.
The Mississippi Department of Transportation reports that Interstate 269 was closed in both directions at the interchange.
The Highways Agency reports that roads and bridges in 10 counties in the north of Mississippi have been frosted by a winter storm that swept parts of the south.
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15h
The planned launch of an unmanned cargo rocket from Virginia to the International Space Station has been postponed to a later date due to adverse weather conditions.
NASA has announced that the launch is now scheduled for 4:23 am on Friday. The kickoff was originally scheduled for Thursday morning.
The unmanned Cygnus freighter will take off from Wallops Island along the east coast. It will carry 7,500 books of groceries, computer equipment and research.
One of the scientific experiments on board will explore how the universe has formed from star dust. Another will explore the pathology of Parkinson's disease. Another is the sustainable manufacture and repair of plastic materials during long space missions.
NASA TV will broadcast the launch in streaming on its website. Visitors can witness the launch from the grounds and bleachers of the NASA Wallops Visitor Center.
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2:30 pm in the afternoon.
A winter mix of snow and slush has led to the early closure of schools, churches and museums in western Tennessee.
The National Weather Service reported that traces of snow had fallen on the cities of Memphis and western Tennessee on Wednesday afternoon. It was predicted that more snow would fall Wednesday night and Thursday in the region, up to 7 centimeters away in areas such as Dyersburg and Paris.
The threat of inclement weather and deteriorating traffic conditions led the Jackson State Community College to drop the afternoon classes.
In addition, some schools in Shelby County did not open or close prematurely because of heating problems. News agencies reported that schools in Shelby County canceled extracurricular activities and Tennessee College of Applied Technology canceled evening classes.
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14h
Melted snow and light snow fell on the Mississippi, where a coach rolled over a slippery road as persistent rains mixed with cold temperatures to send the big south into the freezer on Wednesday, and forecasters said that other places could also get a winter mix.
After days of heavy rain and storms along a cold front, the snowflakes left a thin layer of snow on the vehicles in the west Mississippi during the night, and a bridge over the Mississippi River became white in Greenville, Mississippi.
New outlets reported that several people were injured when a tour bus was spilled on a slippery road in DeSoto County, Mississippi, south of Memphis, Tennessee, where extracurricular activities were canceled due to bad weather. The Mississippi Department of Transportation has announced ice on roads and bridges in neighboring counties.
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Noon
According to forecasters, light snow and freezing rain are possible up to the northwest corner of Alabama, but no build-up is expected when a winter storm sweeps from southern regions .
Low temperatures fell in the 1920s and forecasters claim that the cold weather will spread.
The National Weather Service issued a freeze warning for Louisiana in western Alabama until the southern Gulf Coast until Thursday. Forecasters say temperatures could fall in the top 20.
A flash flood warning has remained in force for northern Georgia and the Carolinas, which the forecaster says could get another 8 centimeters of rain.
While the wind chills in New Orleans were expected to drop to 29 degrees, authorities activated the city's "freeze plan" on Wednesday, providing free shelter in several places for the homeless.
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