Snow, ice and unseasonable cold in the Pacific Northwest and in the Sierra Nevada mountain range are continuing to disrupt traffic, cause closures and force people to find refuge in emergency warming shelters
Severe weather sweeping parts of the U.S. brought frigid temperatures to the Pacific Northwest, heavy snow to mountains in Northern California and Nevada and unseasonable warmth to Texas and the Southeast.
SEATTLE (AP) With temperatures in normally mild Seattle dropping well below freezing, Kaety West walked a short distance in the snow from the tent where she usually stays to find refuge at a small warming center at an American Legion hall.
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