A 2,000-mile-long storm has left 1.5 million without power (3,200 km). Near-whiteout conditions across Minnesota, Iowa, Wisconsin, Michigan,Buffalo. FlightAware reported 5,900 cancelled US flights on Friday. A severe icy blast that has been related to at least 19 fatalities is currently gripping almost 250 million people in the United States and Canada in advance of the holiday weekend. Since Thursday,