The Nation - News from Jan. 10, 1989

Severe weather struck more than one region of the country. Snow squalls whipped by icy winds off Lake Ontario dumped up to 20 inches of snow on parts of northern New York, producing whiteouts and drifts that brought traffic to a standstill along a 10-mile stretch of Interstate 81, a major route to Canada. An unusual storm hit the South, icing over highways and bridges from Mississippi into the western mountains of North Carolina. That storm followed a warm spell in which temperatures were up to 20 degrees above the normal 45- to 50-degree range since mid-December along Mississippi’s Gulf Coast. A storm from the Pacific brought snow, freezing rain and strong winds to the West. Winds gusted to 103 m.p.h. at Boulder, Colo., 79 m.p.h. at Ft. Collins, Colo., and 58 m.p.h. at Casper, Wyo.