Saturday, January 31, 2009

Central U.S. Ice Storm Has Claimed 42 Lives



The winter storm reported here earlier this week created a swath of ice from the mid-southern Plains into the Ohio Valley.


Hardest hit were northern Arkansas and Kentucky- where whole towns were paralyzed.

Kentucky has reported 11 deaths related to the ice storm and officials from some counties were pleading for help- according to this Associated Press story.All photos courtesy of the Associated Press.

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