Winter storm pummels US north-east after rolling through south
by Associated Press from US news | The Guardian on (#5VSEA)
New England police report hundreds of traffic crashes after 350,000 lose power from Texas to Ohio
North-east residents were urged to stay off the roads with temperatures beginning to drop on Friday evening as a major winter storm turned already slippery roads and sidewalks into ice-covered hazards.
The storm spread misery from the deep south, where tree limbs snapped and a tornado claimed a life, to the nation's north-eastern tip.
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