Seattle, western Washington state take a pounding from snow

Seattle and western Washington state have been hit by a storm that has dropped several inches of snow.

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Jan. 19, 2012

A Delta Air Lines plane is sprayed with de-icing fluid before takeoff at Seattle-Tacoma International Airport in Seattle. On the heels of heavy snow that fell Wednesday, the western Washington region was hit with an ice storm Thursday that closed runways at the airport and stranded hundreds of travelers as flights were delayed or canceled.

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Jan. 18, 2012

In this photo provided by the Woodland Park Zoo, a grizzly bear shakes off snow in the Northern Trail exhibit in Seattle. A winter storm blasted the Pacific Northwest, dumping near-record snow in some areas, hammering parts of Oregon with winds as high as 110 mph and bringing much of the region to a standstill.

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Jan. 17, 2012

Kalyana Neville, 9, back, and her best friend, Alannah McGinnis, 7, enjoy a sled ride down the hill at Vanzee Park in Port Orchard, Wash.

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Jan. 18, 2012

Jorge Mendoza, 13, left, adds snow to a hut he and his brother Luis, 11, are building in front of their Kennewick, Wash., home.

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Jan. 19, 2012

A snowman is covered in ice in a Renton, Wash., neighborhood. Ice storms have caused power outages and downed trees throughout the Puget Sound region and have been responsible for at least one death near Issaquah, Wash.

Robert Sorbo / Reuters

Jan. 18, 2012

Statues of soldiers that are a part of a memorial to Washington state residents who lost their lives in World War I are covered in snow with the Capitol dome in the background in Olympia, Wash. A winter storm dumped more than a foot of snow in Olympia and around the region Wednesday.

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Jan. 18, 2012

A winter snow inspires Lincoln neighborhood residents to take an early morning walk in Vancouver, Wash. The National Weather Service scaled back the amount of snow expected in western Washington but said it would still be a significant event.

Troy Wayrynen / AP

Jan. 17, 2012

Gary Armstrong, a metal sculptor who lives on Black Jack Trail about three miles south of Sudden Valley, Wash., uses a walking stick to measure the snow in his back yard.

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Jan. 18, 2012

Collin Beritich shovels snow off the roof of the Frisko Freeze hamburger stand in Tacoma, Wash. A winter storm blasted the Pacific Northwest on Wednesday, dumping near-record snow in some areas, hammering parts of Oregon with winds as high as 110 mph and bringing much of the region to a standstill.

Ted S. Warren / AP

Jan. 18, 2012

A man rides a scooter to get around as snow blanketed the Seattle-Tacoma area of Washington. Seattle residents bracing for an epic storm Wednesday may now only see up to 6 inches of snowfall, while towns in the southwest interior of Washington were likely to be slammed with more than a foot of snow, forecasters said.

Robert Sorbo / Reuters

Jan. 18, 2012

Alaska Airlines passenger planes are de-iced at Seattle-Tacoma International Airport as snow blanketed most of western Washington. Air travel was expected to be disrupted throughout the day.

Robert Sorbo / Reuters

Jan. 18, 2012

Sledders head to a warm home after going down the hills at Ridgetop Elementary School in Silverdale, Wash.

Larry Steagall / AP

Jan. 17, 2012

Greg Lane, a high school senior, pushes a snowball at Mullinex Ridge Elementary School in Port Orchard, Wash.

Larry Steagall / AP

Jan. 18, 2012

Jaloni, 8, and father Tyrell Fincher sled down a closed snow-covered street in the West Seattle neighborhood of Seattle.

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Jan. 18, 2012

A pedestrian huddles under a parka while walking in a snowstorm in Seattle.

Elaine Thompson / AP

Jan. 16, 2012

Glowing through a covering of snow, a board in front of the Creswell Middle School in Creswell, Ore., displays the temperature as it hovers at the freezing point.

Chris Pietsch / AP

Jan. 18, 2012

Juan Carlos Gonzalez Alfaro uses a piece of cardboard to scrape snow from the back window of his car in downtown Seattle. Gonzalez, a restaurant cook, was headed to a sister restaurant in a different neighborhood, since the downtown location had closed because of the snow.

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