Millions of Americans, digging out after deadly snowstorm, face days of bitter cold

Tens of millions of Americans were digging out on a bitterly cold Monday in the aftermath of a monster winter storm that dumped a foot of snow from New Mexico to New England, paralyzed much of the eastern United States, caused at least 18 deaths and scuttled thousands of flights. From New York and Massachusetts in the northeast to Texas and North Carolina in the south, roads were frozen slick with ice and buried under often more than a foot of snow. At least 25 governors declared states of emergency. In some southern states, residents faced winter conditions unseen for decades, with inch-thick ice bringing down trees and power lines. The storm was blamed for at least 18 deaths across multiple states. In Frisco, Texas, a 16-year-old girl died in a sledding accident on Sunday; another youth died in Saline County, Arkansas, while being pulled by an ATV vehicle over snow and ice when it struck a tree, authorities said. In Pennsylvania, three people died while shoveling snow, local media reported. In Austin, Texas, a person died of apparent hypothermia while trying to shelter at an abandone

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