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The Tampa Tribune

Published: March 3, 2009

A storm packing freezing rain, heavy snow and furious wind gusts paralyzed most of the East Coast on Monday, sending dozens of cars careening into ditches, grounding hundreds of flights and closing school for millions of kids.

A crash caused a 15-mile traffic jam in North Carolina, forcing police and the Red Cross to go car-to-car to check on drivers. The storm was blamed for more than 500 crashes in New Jersey, and a Maryland official counted about 50 cars in the ditch on one stretch of highway.

By Monday, the storm had moved north into New England, and most areas in its wake expected to get at least 8 to 12 inches of snow.

Raleigh, N.C., got more than 3 inches of snow; the March snowfall for the city has exceeded 3 inches only 11 times in 122 years. The Weather Service said parts of Tennessee saw their biggest snowfall since 1968.

The Associated Press

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