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Deadly storm moves cross country taking aim at Northeast

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It has been blamed for sev-
eral deaths.
The bodies of a boy and a
girl, both 5, were found in
central Arizona after their
vehicle was swept away
Friday while crossing a
swollen creek.
Two adults and four other
children were rescued by
helicopter, but a 6-year-old
girl is still missing. Rescuers
are combing the area of
Tonto Basin, about 50 miles
(80 kilometers) northeast of
Phoenix, with helicopters,
drones, boats and dogs.
"We want to bring her
home safely to her family,"
said Lt. Virgil Dodd of the
Gila County Sheriff's Office.
"She needs to come home
today, and we're going to
do that." A woman and a child cross the street while battling the weather on a windy and snowy morning in Greeley, Colo., Saturday, Nov.
Two boys, ages 5 and 8, 30, 2019. Associated Press
died Saturday near Patton,
Missouri, when the vehi- slick conditions and blow- flight delays in Chicago between 3 and 6 inches seemed everyone else was
cle they were riding in was ing snow. and Minneapolis. of snow, but Mayor Marty doing the same thing.
swept off flooded roads. The city of Duluth, Minneso- In Denver, 100 flights were Walsh says schools will be "I think there's some extra
A 48-year-old man died in ta, was blanketed with 21.7 canceled Saturday be- open on Monday. hype on this one because
a separate incident near inches (0.6 meters) of snow cause of high winds. Newman, who braved the it's the first one of the year,"
Sedgewickville, Missouri, as of 12 p.m. Sunday. City In the mountain communi- forecast to take his son to said Justin Bette, of South-
and a storm-related death officials said streets were ties northeast of Los Ange- a college basketball game bury, Connecticut.
was reported in South Da- impassible and residents les, nearly 9,000 utility cus- in Hartford, said it took him "We've been around for
kota. should stay inside. tomers were without power about five hours to get new quite a while, we think we'll
Also in South Dakota, a Farther south, precipitation because of the storm. tires Saturday because it be OK."q
small-engine plane car- was in the form of rain and Forecasters said a new
rying 12 people crashed thunderstorms. storm is expected to bring
shortly after takeoff Satur- As the storm shifts east, several feet of mountain
day afternoon, killing nine flight delays and cancel- snow, rain and gusty winds
people and injuring three lations are continuing to to California through the
others. Federal aviation in- pile up — disrupting trave- weekend.
vestigators are looking into lers heading home after Another system is forecast
whether snowy weather Thanksgiving. to develop in the mid-At-
was a factor. As of 12:30 p.m, more than lantic Sunday, moving into
Major highways reopened 500 Sunday flights were a nor'easter by Monday.
Sunday in Wyoming and cancelled in the U.S., com- As Sunday's storm ap-
Colorado, a day after bliz- pared with about 400 on proached, hardy New Eng-
zard conditions clogged Saturday, according to landers made sure to pre-
roads with snow drifts. flight tracking site FlightA- pared, even if they weren't
Road crews were able to ware. really that worried.
reopen all of Interstate 25 Newark, New Jersey, has Some communities, includ-
and most of I-80 in Wyo- had 33 flight cancellations ing Waterbury, Connecti-
ming early Sunday after and some inbound planes cut, have instituted parking
strong winds abated. Ma- are being delayed by an bans.
jor interstates in Colorado average of more than 2 Much of interior Massachu-
were also reopened. 1/2 hours because of the setts could get up to a foot
Still, authorities warned weather. of snow.
travelers to remain alert for There were also dozens of Boston is projected to get