Bangladesh, Jan. 13 -- Icy roads, deadly tornadoes, punishing waves - severe weekend weather has been blamed for 11 deaths and major damage in parts of the Midwest, South and Northeast.

Tens of thousands remained without electrical power Sunday as a result of the storms a day earlier. Officials in farflung locations were assessing the damages while utility crews worked to restore power.

The storms toppled trees, ripped off roofs and, in some areas, reduced buildings to rubble.

The National Weather Service said it was a tornado packing winds of at least 134 mph (215 kph) that hit Alabama's Pickens County on Saturday, killing three people.

"I could hear everything just coming apart," Larry Jones, standing amid the rubble in Pickens Coun...