Blizzards crawling across Midwest blamed for at least 6 deaths, halting pre-holiday travel
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WICHITA, Kan. — Fierce winds and snow that caused fatal accidents and shuttered highways in five states crawled deeper into the Great Plains early Tuesday, with forecasters warning that pre-holiday travel would be difficult if not impossible across the region.
Hotels were filling up quickly along major roadways from eastern New Mexico to Kansas, and nearly 100 rescue calls came in from motorists in the Texas Panhandle as blizzard conditions forced closed part of Interstate 40, a major east-west route, Monday night.
Read full article >>Rosalind S. Helderman, Paul Kane, Felicia Sonmez 20 Dec, 2011
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