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Storm Kills 19, Cuts Power to 600K in South, Midwest

Winter bears down (again) on Northeast, trigger travel troubles, and worse

By Harry Kimball,  Newser Staff

Posted Jan 28, 2009 10:08 AM CST

(Newser) – A storm sweeping from the middle of the country into the Northeast today has left at least 19 dead and cut power to 600,000 people, the AP reports. In hard-hit states like Arkansas, where power companies warned service might not return for days, 3 inches of ice weighed down tree limbs and made driving treacherous.

Most of the deaths were caused by traffic accidents in the central and southern US. Oklahoma declared a statewide emergency Monday, and Kentucky followed suit yesterday. That state has seen ice as thick as 1½ inches, causing branches to fall onto roads. Schools and government offices across the region have been closed, and ice storm warnings are still in effect in parts of the South.

A vehicle is blocked by a downed tree on a rural road in Baxter County, Ark.
A vehicle is blocked by a downed tree on a rural road in Baxter County, Ark.   (AP Photo)
A man rides a bicycle through rain and snow  in Mountain Home, Ark., yesterday.
A man rides a bicycle through rain and snow in Mountain Home, Ark., yesterday.   (AP Photo)
Ice clings to a statue in Mountain Home, Ark.
Ice clings to a statue in Mountain Home, Ark.   (AP Photo)
An engineer with the Arkansas Highway Transportation Department cuts tree branches blocking a state highway.
An engineer with the Arkansas Highway Transportation Department cuts tree branches blocking a state highway.   (AP Photo)
A police officer waits near a car in a ditch along in Olmsted Township, Ohio, today.
A police officer waits near a car in a ditch along in Olmsted Township, Ohio, today.   (AP Photo)
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riffran
Jan 29, 2009 1:46 AM CST
It's global warming!!!!ahhhhhhhhh....no it's just winter....

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