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Major Storm Unleashes Ice, Snow And Frigid Temperatures Across Much Of The U.S.

The powerful storm is bringing record-low temperatures, widespread power outages and hazardous conditions to a swath of the country the National Weather Service calls "unprecedented and expansive."
Nashville, Tenn., is one of many cities across the U.S. seeing sleet, snow and freezing temperatures on Monday as a winter storm sweeps across much of the country.

A powerful winter storm is unloading snow, ice and below-freezing temperatures across the South Central U.S., setting record lows in multiple states and leaving millions of residents without power.

More than 150 million Americans remain under various winter weather advisories as the storm spreads heavy snow and significant ice accumulations from the Southern Plains and Ohio Valley to the Northeast, according to the National Weather Service, which called the area of hazardous weather "unprecedented and expansive."

"This impressive onslaught of wicked wintry weather across much of the Lower 48

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