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Blizzards, Big Freeze Sock North

Travel frozen as region steels for more cold

By Ambreen Ali,  Newser User

Posted Dec 22, 2008 4:07 AM CST

(Newser) – Much of the northern US was buried in snow yesterday, just in time for more cold weather coast-to-coast, CNN reports. Inclement conditions have left thousands without power, wreaked havoc on road and air travel just before the holidays, and caused at least one death when a Massachusetts man was crushed by a falling tree limb weighed down by snow.

Fierce gusts are expected to impair road visibility in Iowa today, and the wind chill could fall to 30 below zero throughout the Midwest. Blizzard warnings are in effect in Maine, which may get up to 18 inches of snow. Out West, Washington was hit with several feet of snow.

A camera operator shovels snow out of the way  before the Seattle Seahawks played against the New York Jets in Seattle yesterday.
A camera operator shovels snow out of the way before the Seattle Seahawks played against the New York Jets in Seattle yesterday.   (AP Photo/Elaine Thompson)
A group of women sled down a hill on Virginia Street as heavy snow falls late at night Saturday in Seattle.
A group of women sled down a hill on Virginia Street as heavy snow falls late at night Saturday in Seattle.   (AP Photo/Ted S. Warren)
Snow clings to Steven Ellis of Iowa as he clears snow and ice from a parking lot. Authorities are urging motorists to stay off roads in the northern part of the state.
Snow clings to Steven Ellis of Iowa as he clears snow and ice from a parking lot. Authorities are urging motorists to stay off roads in the northern part of the state.   (AP Photo/Charlie Neibergall)
Grounds crew for the University of Maine clear snow.
Grounds crew for the University of Maine clear snow.   (AP Photo/Michael C. York)
A payphone payphone is nearly buried in a snow bank in Winthrop, Maine during last winter's storms. A blizzard is headed that way again as winter '09 rolls in.
A payphone payphone is nearly buried in a snow bank in Winthrop, Maine during last winter's storms. A blizzard is headed that way again as winter '09 rolls in.   (AP Photo/Robert F. Bukaty)
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Dec 21, 2008 7:30 PM CST
HEY AL, Is this warming?

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