Several deaths are blamed on a winter storm that shut down interstates, caused thousands of airport delays and racked up more than 350,000 power outages from Kansas, Missouri and Illinois into Virginia, Washington and Maryland. School closures are widespread and multiple cities and states declared emergencies.

The major winter storm that pummeled the Midwest and Mid-Atlantic region left behind bitter cold conditions and widespread power outages.

A major winter storm has brought heavy snow, sleet and freezing rain from the Midwest to the mid-Atlantic region, causing flight cancellations and school closures and leaving hundreds of thousands without power.