Must-see photos: Crippling ice in Nashville destroys power lines, snaps trees during catastrophic winter storm

NASHVILLE, Tenn. – On it's much than 2,300-mile trek crossed the Southern Tier of the U.S., the historic wintertime storm that brought winter weather to much than 245 cardinal Americans crossed the play near a lasting interaction connected Nashville arsenic thousands stay without powerfulness from crippling crystal that has overtaken the typically bustling Tennessee town. 

Exclusive photographs and video from Yuri Mamchur uncover the devastating wide carnage successful Tennessee's largest city.

Nashville was slammed by a large wintertime tempest that produced damaging crystal that has caused thousands of powerfulness outages and chaotic question conditions crossed the Metro Area. 

(Yuri Mamchur)

Century-old trees fell onto electrical lines, galore inferior poles were fractured beyond repair and postulation signals were demolished, arsenic 200,000 customers successful Davidson County inactive stay without power, according to poweroutage.com. 

MISSISSIPPI PARALYZED BY DEADLY WINTER STORM AS ARCTIC AIR SLOWS RECOVERY

After taking signifier successful the Southern Plains connected Friday, implicit the people of the weekend, the historical wintertime tempest barreled eastbound crossed the US, packing devastating crystal storms that crushed a monolithic corridor of states successful the Southeast, including Tennessee, leaving much than 1 cardinal customers without powerfulness astatine the storm's highest strength connected Sunday. 

Radar from Sunday astatine 5 a.m. CST provided by the FOX Forecast Center displays Nashville adjacent the bullseye of a beardown crystal tempest corridor that paralyzed galore states crossed the South. 

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According to the FOX Forecast Center, 0.75 inches of crystal accretion was reported conscionable extracurricular Nashville successful Brentwood, Tennessee, capable to origin the catastrophic wintertime upwind headache that millions successful Tennessee are facing successful the aftermath of the historical storm. 

Nashville was slammed by a large wintertime tempest that produced damaging crystal tempest that has caused thousands of powerfulness outages and chaotic question conditions crossed the Metro Area. 

(Yuri Mamchur)

Entire cars and streets were near coated successful a heavy furniture of ice, arsenic proscription connected respective large highways and section roads successful the Nashville-Metro country stay impaired, arsenic frigid temperatures are welcoming the harsh wintertime upwind conditions to instrumentality around. 

POLAR VORTEX LOCKS IN SNOW AND ICE WITH LIFE-THREATENING COLD

Life-threatening powerfulness outages stay a superior interest for thousands arsenic the devastating effects of crystal accretion proceed to cripple thousands statewide. 

Nashville Electric Service is liable for much than 200,000 outages successful Davidson County. 

The inferior institution announced midday Monday that powerfulness had been restored to implicit 60,000 Nashville Electric Service customers arsenic crews proceed to enactment done single-digit temperatures to reconstruct powerfulness to the country that experienced immoderate of the most debilitating crystal storms the almighty wintertime tempest had to offer. 

NEXT MAJOR STORM THREAT LOOMS FOR NORTHEAST ON HEELS OF DEADLY SNOWSTORM

With a important punch of arctic aerial bringing freezing temperatures to galore areas crossed the South that saw the worst impacts the large wintertime tempest offered, somesthesia lows successful Nashville stay beneath freezing done Saturday.

Nashville, Tennessee forecast done Saturday.

(FOX Weather)