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Second winter storm in days blasts central U.S. dropping up to a foot of snow

KANSAS CITY, Mo. — The second major snowstorm in a week battered the nation’s midsection Tuesday, dropping up to a foot or more of heavy, wet snow that strained power lines and cut electricity to more than 100,000 Midwesterners. At least three deaths were blamed on the blizzard. Gusting winds blew drifts more than 2 feet high and made driving treacherous for those who dared the morning commute.

About 105,000 homes and businesses in northwest Missouri, northeast Kansas and western Oklahoma were without power before noon as the snow weighed heavily on power lines and tree limbs. Up to 10...

 

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