At least one person was killed in a winter storm system that spawned a tornado in Alabama and left wide swaths of the Mid-South glazed over Thursday.
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Thursday's ice storms left roads dangerously slick and many without power across the southern portion of the country, officials said.
Western Tennessee was particularly hard hit by power outrages as nearly 120,000 homes and businesses in Shelby County were in darkness late in the afternoon, according to utility tracker PowerOutage.us.
Memphis police and fire officials urged residents to stay off the roads, which have been littered with downed power lines. And Memphis Light, Gas and Water told customers not to call unless they faced a serious emergency.