At least 14 dead as winter storm sweeps across US | BBC News

At least 14 people have died and hundreds of thousands of people are without power as a deadly storm hits the US.

It has brought snow, sleet and freezing rain, with National Weather Service warnings reaching from Texas in the south to New England in the north-east.

Nearly half of US states have declared emergencies and more than 800,000 customers are without power on Monday morning, according to poweroutage.us.

Schools across the country have cancelled classes and thousands of flights have been cancelled.

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