Salt shortage

Road salt is loaded into a snow plow truck equipped with a salt spreader at the public works facility in Glen Ellyn, Ill. The Midwest’s recent severe winter weather has caused communities to expend large amounts of their road salt supplies. (Andrew Nelles / Associated Press)

Feb. 5, 2014 1:46 PM PT

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Much of the country hit hard by a series of snowstorms is now experiencing a shortage of rock salt, used to de-ice roadways.

Ed Whitcomb uses a road grader to plow snow on a county road in Middletown, Ill. (Seth Perlman / Associated Press)

Ice forms at the bottom of a headlight of a truck as it is loaded with salt to spread on streets in Newark, N.J. (Julio Cortez / Associated Press)

Caleb Smith loads bags of rock salt in Winchester, Va. (Ginger Perry / Associated Press)

City workers in Hattiesburg, Miss., spread salt on a bridge as patches of ice begin to form. (Ryan Moore / Associated Press)

A tow-truck worker hooks up a car that slid off a road in Carpentersville, Ill. (H. Rick Bamman / Associated Press)

In an experiment, a Pennsylvania Department of Transportation truck sprays a de-icing cocktail of brine and beet juice in Butler, Pa. (Gene J. Puskar / Associated Press)

A U.S. Park Service employee spreads salt over the ice-caked World War II memorial on the National Mall in Washington. (Chip Somodevilla / Getty Images)

Angella Eye of Pottsville, Pa., puts rock salt on her pavement. (Jacqueline Dormer / Associated Press)

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