Daily Local News (West Chester, PA)

Winter storm dumps snow on Midwest

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ST. LOUIS >> A massive winter snowstorm making its way across the Midwest and into the Mid-Atlantic region dumped more than a foot of snow in parts of Missouri and contribute­d to at least five deaths, authoritie­s said Saturday.

The storm moved into Kansas and Nebraska from the Rockies on Friday, then east into Missouri, Iowa, Illinois and Indiana, covering roads and making driving dangerous. Part of Interstate 44 near St. Louis was blocked for several hours Saturday.

The storm was expected to spread east into the Mid-Atlantic region, where Virginia and Washington, D.C., could see several inches of snow, the National Weather Service said.

Missouri had gotten the worst of the storm by Saturday, with the National Weather Service reporting more than a foot (30.48 centimeter­s) of snow Saturday morning in some places around St. Louis and Jefferson City, and more than 18 inches in Columbia.

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