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Snow and ice cause severe disruption to parts of eastern Canada and the US
A severe ice storm has brought snow and freezing rain to Canada's biggest city, Toronto, and to much of the east of the country.
At least 11 deaths have been blamed on the storm system in Canada and the north-east US, which was also affected.
The storm left hundreds of thousands of people in the region without electricity.
Travellers were stranded at airports in Toronto, Ottawa and Montreal as dozens of flights were cancelled or delayed.
Parts of the transport network in Southern Ontario were severely affected.
Toronto's Mayor Rob Ford said it was "one of the worst storms in Toronto history," saying that a state of emergency may be called on Monday.
The city's top priority is restoring power to two hospitals, Sunnybrook and Toronto East General, he said.
"Thoughts are with those without power due to the ice storm," Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper tweeted.
The Toronto Hydro power company said that it may take up to 72 hours to get everybody in the city reconnected.
Early on Monday morning it said that around a quarter of a million of its customers were still without power.
A statement on its website said tree damage was "extensive and worse than originally anticipated. It is slowing down the pace of restoration".
The Ontario premier, Kathleen Wynne, told a news conference on Sunday that everything possible was being done to restore power and ensure safety.
Over the border in the United States, many flights were also cancelled due to the storm, at one of the busiest travel periods of the year.
More than 400,000 people were also left without power in Michigan, New York state and New England.
The US National Weather Service described the storm system as "complex and large", warning that "another round of snow and ice" was expected for New England on Monday as the storm winds down.
At least four people were killed by flooding caused by the storm in Kentucky, while a tornado was reported to have caused extensive damage in Arkansas.
However, the system has also brought record high temperatures to some parts of the east coast of the US, with the temperature in New York's Central Park reaching 21C, with records also being set in several other cities.
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