Tens of thousands of people across the Carolinas were left without power on Sunday after a winter storm swept across parts of the East Coast before spawning tornadoes in Florida. The dangerous winter storm system combining high winds and ice has caused freezing rain, inches of snow, and ice to fall across much of the South East, knocking out power, disrupting transport, and causing hazardous driving conditions for locals. In a statement on Sunday, Duke Energy, which serves 4.3 million customers in the Carolinas, said 67,000 of its own customers in both North and South Carolina had been left without power, noting that some outages could potentially last up to several days. As of 11:15 a.m. on Sunday, 27,000 customers in North Carolina and 40,000 in South Carolina had no power, the company said while warning that further power outages were expected on Monday. Customers in North Carolina’s Gaston, Jackson, Macon, and Swain …