00:00Trees are glazed in ice, temperatures are perilously cold, and roads impassable here in Nashville, Tennessee.
00:09Residents say they are used to winter storms, but that they have never seen anything like this.
00:16And I've been snowed in up there for like almost three weeks without being able to get up and down my driveway because of the snow.
00:23And I'm used to that. I prepare for that. But this was unprecedented.
00:28This is just a huge ice storm.
00:32According to forecasters, it is one of the worst storms in a generation.
00:37From New Mexico to Maine, nearly half of all U.S. states have been coated in at least half a foot of snow, with the south particularly debilitated.
00:47Here in Mississippi, one woman watched a falling tree split her neighbor's trailer in half.
00:54Thankfully, nobody got injured too badly.
00:56She does have a fractured back, but she's going to be okay.
01:00Mississippi's governor has deployed to the National Guard to assist crews to clear up the damage.
01:05But crippling power outages continue to batter the state.
01:08It's somewhat like whack-a-mole.
01:11Every time one of the utility companies and power companies gets a large group back online, we have another tree fall or we have another limb fall.
01:20Across the country, scores of people have died from the frigid conditions or snow-related accidents, including several here in New York City, who were found outdoors over the weekend.
01:33Some burrows recorded 8 to 15 inches of snow, shutting down the public school system.
01:39Many people, however, have made the most of it, exploring the world-famous city covered in snow white.
01:47Some burrows recorded in snow white.
01:48Some burrows recorded in snow white.
01:49Some burrows recorded in snow white.
01:50Some burrows recorded in snow white.
01:51Some burrows recorded in snow white.
01:52Some burrows recorded in snow white.
01:53Some burrows recorded in snow white.
01:54Some burrows recorded in snow white.
01:55Some burrows recorded in snow white.
01:56Some burrows recorded in snow white.
01:57Some burrows recorded in snow white.
01:58Some burrows recorded in snow white.
01:59Some burrows recorded in snow white.
02:00Some burrows recorded in snow white.
02:01Some burrows recorded in snow white.
02:02Some burrows recorded in snow white.
02:03Some burrows recorded in snow white.
02:04Some burrows recorded in snow white.
02:05Some burrows recorded in snow white.
02:06Some burrows recorded in snow white.
02:07Some burrows recorded in snow white.
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