Death toll rises to 13, hundreds of thousands in the dark from massive winter storm

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Source: USA Today

Almost half a million Americans from Kentucky to Michigan were in the dark Sunday after a massive front dumped heavy snow across much of the nation's northern tier and slammed parts of the South with powerful thunderstorms and tornadoes.

At least 13 deaths were reported from the storm, which began by dumping several feet of snow in California's mountains and pushing east, AccuWeather said.

Five deaths were confirmed in Kentucky as wind gusts surpassing 70 mph downed trees and power lines and damaged homes and other buildings, Gov. Andy Beshear said. The storm spawned straight-line winds, possible tornadoes and powerful thunderstorms

More than 224,000 homes and businesses were without power Sunday, according to the tracking website poweroutage.us. An additional 117,000 were dark in Michigan, 36,000 in Tennessee. Pennsylvania, Ohio and West Virginia also were struggling with outages.

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[Cha]

1. TY..i t's Brutal to be attacked

like that by Mother Nature!

[bucolic_frolic]

2. This has been one of the mildest winters here in Philly area

I think we had about 3 inches in December that lasted 24 hours, and an inch of sleet last week. Still expect an April dump.

[Larissa]

3. New Jersey also void of snow

This past week, about five or so inches in my part of New Jersey, and that's it for the entire snow season. I cannot recall such an absence of snow in my entire life.

[Siwsan]

5. We got between 5 and 6" in Flint, overnight Friday. It's now almost completely gone.

Temps in the mid 40's yesterday and today. We are way below the average snowfall for mid-Michigan.

[BigmanPigman]

6. Last night I told my mother that Phila was warmer than San Diego,

I saw that it was 60° in Phila last week while San Diego's high was 55°. She said I was wrong but I get my info from Weather Underground and it is up to the minute for anywhere in the world. It was almost as cold as the Poconos!

[Lucinda]

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