13 People Killed in Snowstorm in U.S.

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13 People Killed in Snowstorm in U.S.

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A snowstorm blamed for at least 13 deaths blew out of the Plains and headed for New England, U.S. on Tuesday, promising to give many parts of the country a rare white Christmas while making a mess out of holiday travel.

By Christmas night, the storm is expected to have painted a broad streak of snow from the mountains of Arizona, across the Midwest and all the way to Maine. The forecast was for 10 to 20 inches around Albany, N.Y., which has not had snow on the ground on Christmas since 1985.

Temperatures Tuesday morning were in the teens as far south as the Texas Panhandle.

Since Monday, the weather has been blamed for six deaths in Missouri, three in Oklahoma, three in Kansas and one in New Mexico, all in motor vehicle crashes.

On the West Coast, the Los Angeles airport reported delays of more than an hour Wednesday for flights headed to storm-affected cities such as St. Louis.

The weather system also spun off thunderstorms and tornadoes that battered parts of Georgia and Alabama on Tuesday morning. At least nine people were injured. Waist-deep water stalled cars in Georgia.

Source: Agencies

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