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A winter storm that started as rain – meaning roads couldn't be pretreated – followed by an unusually heavy snowfall and plunging temperatures resulted in
Virginia officials defending their response to a blizzard that stranded hundreds of motorists along a major interstate highway said conditions for the gridlock were caused by a combination of unusually heavy snowfall, plunging temperatures and a rainy start that kept them from pretreating the roads. There were no reported deaths or injuries from the calamity…