Massive winter storm brings snow and freezing temperatures to US

Rows of headstones at the North Dakota Veterans’ Cemetery are blanketed by drifting snow (Tom Stromme/The Bismarck Tribune via AP)

Tens of millions of Americans have endured bone-chilling temperatures, blizzard conditions, power outages and cancelled holidays after a winter storm that forecasters said was nearly unprecedented in its scope.

The conditions exposed 60% of the US population – more than 200 million people – to some sort of winter weather advisory or warning.