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Weather Slams Continental US

Storm hits Midwest, Northeast hard

By Daniel Kibblesmith,  Newser User

Posted Feb 11, 2008 9:40 AM CST

(Newser) – Winter weather brought travel to a crawl across the Midwest and Northeast over the weekend. A 68-vehicle chain-reaction crash in Pennsylvania killed one and injured 35, the AP reports. "They had a heavy snow squall going through the area, zero visibility, high winds," said a firefighter at the scene."There were vehicles everywhere." In Wisconsin, authorities closed a stretch of highway near Madison.

Wind chills across many northern states fell to the mid-twenties below zero, and cold-water swimming events and church services alike were canceled. "If you got stuck out there, you'd get cold in a hurry," said a Wisconsin ice fisherman. International Falls, Minn., registered 15 below on the thermometer and 40 below with the wind chill.

The Weather Underground forecast for Tuesday Feb. 12, 2008, says a frontal system will move through the East, bringing considerable rain and a few thunderstorms through the Southeast.  Snow will spread into the Ohio Valley and then into the Northeast.  Snow will remain in the Northwest. (AP Photo/Weather Underground)
The Weather Underground forecast for Tuesday Feb. 12, 2008, says a frontal system will move through the East, bringing considerable rain and a few thunderstorms through the Southeast. Snow will spread...   (Associated Press)
A course worker removes safety netting from the moguls course after foul weather canceled the competition at the Freestyle FIS World Cup at Cypress Mountain in Vancouver, Sunday, Feb. 10, 2008.  (AP Photo/The Canadian Press, Jonathan Hayward)
A course worker removes safety netting from the moguls course after foul weather canceled the competition at the Freestyle FIS World Cup at Cypress Mountain in Vancouver, Sunday, Feb. 10, 2008. (AP Photo/The...   (Associated Press)
Football fans hold a sign about the weather in the second quarter of the Pro Bowl football game in Honolulu, Sunday, Feb. 10, 2008. (AP Photo/Paul Sakuma)
Football fans hold a sign about the weather in the second quarter of the Pro Bowl football game in Honolulu, Sunday, Feb. 10, 2008. (AP Photo/Paul Sakuma)   (Associated Press)
Obama supporter Pak Lul, who recently became an American citizen, and was originally from the Sudan, leaves the local caucus at the  Town Hall in Arrowsic, Maine, on Sunday, Feb. 10, 2008. Maine Democrats faced snow and bitter winds as they headed to municipal caucuses  to declare whether they favor...
Obama supporter Pak Lul, who recently became an American citizen, and was originally from the Sudan, leaves the local caucus at the Town Hall in Arrowsic, Maine, on Sunday, Feb. 10, 2008. Maine Democrats...   (Associated Press)
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