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Hard-hit mid-Atlantic in path of more snow

By BRETT ZONGKER THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

A pedestrian makes her way downtown through cold and windy weather in Springfield, Ill., Tuesday, Feb. 9, 2010, after a winter snow storm moved through central Illinois.

Photo by Seth Perlman / AP

A pedestrian makes her way downtown through cold and windy weather in Springfield, Ill., Tuesday, Feb. 9, 2010, after a winter snow storm moved through central Illinois.

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Snow blew across the Midwest on Tuesday and headed for the hard-hit mid-Atlantic region, where federal government offices have been closed since last week and utility workers struggled to restore power already knocked out by a weekend blizzard.

The latest storm hit the Midwest early, closing schools and greeting commuters with slick, slushy roads from Minneapolis and Chicago to Louisville, Ky. Hundreds of flights were canceled at Chicago’s airports as the storm moved across Illinois, where up to a foot of snow was forecast.

Powerful winds and snow were expected to hit mid-Atlantic states by the afternoon, and could leave as much as 20 inches of new snow in Washington and 18 inches near Philadelphia - a Northeast travel hub ...

Mid-Atlantic snowstorm slide show

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This article was published February 10, 2010 at 5:47 a.m.

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