>> reporter: in maine, multiple crashes on icy i-95. stretches of the crucial highway shut down. backups for miles. in new hampshire, this truck crashing into a utility pole, knocking out power. >> if you don't have to be out on the roads today, just stay inside and wait for the storm to finish. >> reporter: back in the midwest, the mayor of fargo, north dakota, calling this one of the worst storms they've had. a farmer helping pull one of the city's police vehicles out of the snow. more than 20 inches falling in parts of the dakotas. in minnesota, hundreds of crashes and at least two fatalities. the state patrol showing how slippery conditions are on i-94. this school bus skidding outside minneapolis. and in st. paul, the city declaring a snow emergency. the same system bringing severe weather to parts of the south. multiple reported tornadoes in mississippi. buildings torn apart. this tractor trailer overturned.