About 240 million people are under cold weather advisories and winter storm warnings as a powerful system threatens to bring howling winds, flooding and heavy snow to the East Coast.

More than 100 people have died from storms in the last week, officials say.

About 240 million people were under cold weather advisories and winter storm warnings Saturday as a powerful system threatened to bring howling winds, flooding and heavy snow to the East Coast as the region continued to dig out from last week's frigid winter weather .

Statewide weather-related deaths continue to climb as temperatures nosedive and more than 50,000 people remain without power after Winter Storm Fern.

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (WSMV) - Snow and ice caused outages, downed trees, and dangerous conditions across Middle Tennessee and southern Kentucky. Click the image above to download our free news and weather apps.

The winter storm has left thousands in Tennessee without power.

The National Weather Service placed a winter storm warning for Knoxville, lasting from 1 p.m. on Jan. 30 through 1 a.m. on Feb. 1. The warning projects snow accumulation "between 3 to 9 inches" with winds of 35 mph.

Winter Storm Gianna is underway in the South, bringing heavy snow to the Carolinas and parts of Georgia before it pivots offshore and deepens into a powerful bomb cyclone that could bring blizzard conditions to the coasts of North Carolina and Virginia.

A 66-year-old Tennessee man reportedly died of a heart attack while shoveling snow, highlighting medical warnings about cardiac risks for older adults.