Ice storm blamed for deaths, blackouts
(CNN) — A massive winter storm has left at least 11 acheter cialis people dead and nearly 1 million homes across the Midwest without power, according to reports from state emergency management agencies.
A tree pulls on utility lines Wednesday in Louisville, Kentucky, in a photo from iReporter Jacek Jasinski.
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Almost half those households are in Kentucky, where 45 shelters have been set up to help residents battling icy conditions, a spokesman for the governor’s office said.
"One of our biggest concerns is [providing] power generators, especially for nursing homes out in the western part of the state that are without power," Jay Blanton, spokesman for Kentucky Gov. Steve Beshear, said Wednesday.
The storm dumped ice and snow on a region that extends from Texas to Kentucky and left "absolutely everything in northwest Arkansas … at a standstill," an Arkansas police officer said.
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"It’s hard to walk, let alone drive," Fayetteville, Arkansas, police officer Dan Baker said. "It looks like tornado damage."
He added, "Our officers are wearing metal cleats just so they can walk the streets." iReport.com: Send your wintry weather photos, videos
Northwest Arkansas has been hit hard, and schools and universities were closed throughout the state.
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"It’s like a ghost town," Barbara Rademacher of Rogers, Arkansas, said Wednesday morning.
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