Winter storm moves into Midwest

After leaving up to a foot of snow in the Texas Panhandle, the storm moves northeast into Oklahoma, Kansas and Missouri.

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Feb. 26, 2013

Heavy icing on electric lines combined with winds contributed to downed power lines in Ponca City, Okla., and other parts of Kay County. 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.

Rolf Clements / Associated Press

Feb. 26, 2013

A bison lays in the snow at the David Traylor Zoo in Emporia, Kan., after a snowstorm. The second major snowstorm in a week battered the nation's midsection Tuesday, dropping a half-foot or more of snow across Missouri and Kansas and cutting power to thousands. Gusting winds blew drifts more than 2 feet high and created treacherous driving conditions for those who dared the morning commute.

Matthew Fowler / Associated Press

Feb. 26, 2013

Sandra Elston, a poll worker at Trinity Lutheran Church in Lawrence, Kan., knits by lantern light because of a power outage as she waits for voters for a city commission primary in Lawrence, Kan. Area streets and trees were packed with snow and more than 1,500 Douglas County, Kan., residents were without power as Lawrence woke up to its second major winter storm in less than a week.

Mike Yoder / AP

Feb. 26, 2013

The milk shelves were mostly clear at a Price Chopper grocery store after the area was hit by a snowstorm in Kansas City, Mo.

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Feb. 25, 2013

Heavy snow reduces visibility along U.S. Highway 24 near Rossville, Kan. Jayson Gosselin of the National Weather Service says parts of Colorado, Kansas and northern Missouri could get 10 to 12 inches of snow. Further south, freezing rain and sleet could make driving treacherous.

Orlin Wagner / AP

Feb. 25, 2013

Traffic moves slowly along Interstate 70 near Lecompton, Kan. After leaving up to a foot of snow across the Texas Panhandle on Monday morning, the storm moved northeast into Oklahoma and Kansas.

Orlin Wagner / AP

Feb. 25, 2013

A vehicle travels past a warning sign on Interstate 70 east of Topeka, Kan.

Orlin Wagner / AP

Feb. 25, 2013

Traffic slows in near blizzard conditions along Interstate 70 near Lawrence, Kan.

Orlin Wagner / AP

Feb. 25, 2013

A plow clears Douglas County Road 1029 near Lecompton, Kan.

Orlin Wagner / AP

Feb. 25, 2013

Two men walk through a grocery story parking lot as snow begins to fall in Lawrence, Kan.

Orlin Wagner / AP

Feb. 26, 2013

A sculpture of a Trojan mascot stands covered in snow at Topeka High School in Topeka, Kan.

Jeff Davis / AP

Feb. 25, 2013

In this photo provided Jeff Powers, blowing snow creates whiteout conditions near Ingalls, Kan.

Jeff Powers / via AP

Feb. 25, 2013

Traffic moves slowly along northbound Interstate 35 after the Interstate 29 split in Kansas City, Mo.

Keith Myers / Kansas City Star via AP

Feb. 25, 2013

Simon Mourning, bottom, and Chance Cain sled near downtown Wichita.

Travis Heying / Wichita Eagle via AP

Feb. 25, 2013

Roberto Alvarez, 3, tries to catch snowflakes as he walks with his mother, Bianca Peregrina, right, and cousin, Paul Rocha, in Kansas City, Mo.

Keith Myers / Kansas City Star via AP

Feb. 25, 2013

David Keen readies a new snow blower for a customer in Kansas City, Mo. Store owner Jim Platt said they sold about 25 of the machines, in various sizes, ahead of the storm.

Keith Myers / Kansas City Star via AP

Feb. 25, 2013

A Burlington Northern Santa Fe freight train waits for another train to pass at a track crossing in Hutchinson, Kan.

Sandra Milburn / Hutchinson News via AP

Feb. 25, 2013

Vehicles navigate along Interstate 27 during blizzard conditions in Lubbock, Tex. Texas highway patrol officers were unable to respond to calls for assistance, and National Guard units mobilized as a winter storm blankets the central Plains with a foot of snow in some places. Roads are closed Monday throughout West Texas and the Panhandle.

Zach Long / Lubbock Avalanche-Journal via AP

Feb. 25, 2013

Emergency personnel assist a stranded motorist on the Interstate 40 service road in Amarillo, Tex.

Michael Schumacher / Amarillo Globe News via AP

Feb. 25, 2013

Alan Daniels of the Overland Park Public Works Department loads salt into trucks that were heading out to cover the streets of Overland Park, Kan.

Todd Feeback / Kansas City Star via AP

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