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Fern Extends Its Reach Sunday

Winter Storm Fern has now dumped more than a foot of snow, as well as treacherous coats of ice, across a 2,300-mile stretch of the United States.  States in the Midwest and Mid Atlantic lay buried beneath up to two feet of snow. States to the south grapple with thick coats of ice, causing widespread power outages.

As of Sunday night, an estimated one million customers had gone without power, the largest number of them in Tennessee. While electrical service will be quickly restored in some locales, in other places power might remain out for several days.

“It is a unique storm in the sense that it is so widespread,” National Weather Service meteorologist Allison Santorelli said. “It was affecting areas all the way from New Mexico, Texas, all the way into New England, so we’re talking like a 2,000-mile spread.”

Ice storms seemed heaviest in northern Mississippi and western North Carolina, as well as intervening stretches of Tennessee. Meanwhile, in New York, some communities reported harsh winter temperatures, reaching -49 degrees Fahrenheit along the U.S.-Canadian border.

Air and roadway travel ground to a halt. More than 11,500 airplane flights were canceled Sunday and another 16,000 delayed. Here’s more from Fox News.