Storm slows Midwest commute, buries Plains in snow

  • By BARBARA RODRIGUEZ

    Associated Press

  • Friday, February 22th, 2013
    Virginia Hawkins shovels snow from her driveway Thursday in Hutchinson, Kan. A winter storm dumped more than a foot of snow in the city of Hutchinson from Wednesday morning through Thursday.

    Virginia Hawkins shovels snow from her driveway Thursday in Hutchinson, Kan. A winter storm dumped more than a foot of snow in the city of Hutchinson from Wednesday morning through Thursday.

    Northbound I-29 in Kansas City, Mo. is littered with stranded vehicles Thursday after the Kansas City area was pounded with rapidly accumulating snow. Powdery snow bombarded much of the nation’s midsection Thursday, leaving as much as 17 inches in some places, shutting down airports, schools and state legislatures.

    Northbound I-29 in Kansas City, Mo. is littered with stranded vehicles Thursday after the Kansas City area was pounded with rapidly accumulating snow. Powdery snow bombarded much of the nation’s midsection Thursday, leaving as much as 17 inches in some places, shutting down airports, schools and state legislatures.