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Huge storm buries Ohio in 20 inches of snow
Power breaks down in thousands of homes and businesses.
- AP
- Published: 00:41 March 11, 2008
Columbus, Ohio: Highway and utility crews worked overtime on Sunday to recover from the huge storm that buried Ohio and other parts of the Midwest in snow and tore down power lines elsewhere.
Ohio had one traffic death linked to the weather, and four men died while shovelling snow. Two traffic deaths were blamed on the storm in western New York state and one in Tennessee. Two people were killed on Friday as tornadoes spun out of the eastern edge of the weather system in Florida.
More than 20 inches of snow fell from Friday through Saturday at Columbus, eclipsing the city's previous record of 15.3 inches set in February 1910, the National Weather Service said. Elsewhere 14 inches fell at Milan, Indiana. Up to a foot fell in parts of Kentucky, Tennessee and Arkansas on Friday.
Many churches in the Columbus area cancelled Sunday services because roads were so slippery.
Flight delays and cancellations were expected as airlines tried to get their schedules back on track, said spokesman Todd Payne.
At least 8,400 Vermont homes and businesses still had no power on Sunday, down from a peak of some 20,000 during the storm on Saturday.
Repair crews were hampered by ice-covered roads and fallen trees.
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