Winter weather: Powerful snowstorm sweeps across much of U.S.
A colossal blizzard roaring across a third of the country paralyzed the nation's heartland with ice and snow, leaving motorists stranded for hours and shuttering airports and schools as it barreled toward the Northeast.
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Feb. 3, 2011
A motorist drives southbound on North Main Street in Joplin, Mo. after a winter snowstorm left Midwesterners shivering.
Gary Hershorn / Reuters
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