Eastern Storms Bring Outages, Ice-Slick Roads
A storm that hit West Virginia with freezing rain and up to seven inches of snow caused problems farther east Saturday, icing roads from Washington to Connecticut and forcing Philadelphians to postpone their colorful, costume-filled Mummers Parade for the second time in five days.
The weather was blamed for at least 32 deaths from Texas eastward last week.
In West Virginia, the wet and heavy snow ended early Saturday after causing power outages and forcing authorities to close briefly Interstate 64 outside Huntington, where the airport received eight inches of snow.
Joe Haynes, an Appalachian Power Co. spokesman, said about 10,000 customers lost power late Friday and early Saturday near Huntington.
In Washington, the storm brought less than an inch of snow, but its wind and ice knocked out power to about 25,000 customers, electric utility officials said.
For the second time in five days, the 85th Mummers Parade was postponed by bad weather. In Michigan, 63,000 customers remained without power as a result of an earlier storm.
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