Megyn Kelly

The death toll mounting after a powerful winter storm leaves deadly cold, widespread outages, and treacherous conditions.

The AP reporting at least 29 deaths tied to the storm nationwide.

Fatalities reported across Pennsylvania, Tennessee, Louisiana, Texas, Mississippi, Kansas, Massachusetts, Arkansas, New York, and New Jersey.

With officials warning...

the number could continue to rise.

In several states, what began as snow day fun ending in tragedy.

In Frisco, Texas, a 16-year-old girl dead and another teen injured in a sledding incident.

A 17-year-old Arkansas boy also killed in a sledding accident.

Both of these events, the result of kids hitching their sleds to a moving vehicle.

In Frisco, it was a friend's Jeep.

In Arkansas, an ATV.

All victims died after hitting trees unexpectedly.

Elsewhere, people died from hypothermia, from car accidents.

Two incidents in Massachusetts and Ohio saw pedestrians run over by snowplows.

Three people in Pennsylvania had fatal heart attacks while shoveling snow.

Power outages throughout the South, which remains crippled by ice and snow.

More than 700,000 customers without power in Texas, Louisiana, Mississippi, and Tennessee.

More than 200 million people under cold alerts expected to last into later this week, reports CNN.

Snow blanketing more than half of the continental U.S.

on Monday, with a foot or more reported in at least 19 states.