
                         Roanoke Times
                 Copyright (c) 1995, Landmark Communications, Inc.

DATE: TUESDAY, January 18, 1994                   TAG: 9401180218
SECTION: NATIONAL/INTERNATIONAL                    PAGE: A7   EDITION: METRO 
SOURCE: The Washington Post
DATELINE:                                 LENGTH: Short

STORMS BLAMED FOR 18 DEATHS

From the plains of the Dakotas to Kentucky's bluegrass, an arctic juggernaut plowed through North-Central and Eastern states Monday, leaving death and distress in its frigid wake.

Snow piled up a record 16 inches in Louisville, Ky., and a blast of polar air drove wind chills on New Hampshire's Mount Jefferson to 100 degrees below zero. The winter's coldest snap was blamed for 18 deaths nationwide and caused hundreds of highway accidents and power and water outages.

The National Weather Service anticipated the frigid conditions and heavy snows - extending from the Rocky Mountain states, down to Georgia and up to the Northeast - to continue until the weekend, when westerly winds are expected to punch through and block the cold air from Canada.

Without factoring in the wind, Garrison, Minn., was the coldest spot at 32 below zero, according to the Weather Service. Devils Lake, N.D., recorded wind chills of 92 degrees below.

Not even the border states were spared. An ice line snaked as far south as Atlanta, with snow falling heavily to the north, the Weather Service reported. In West Virginia, Parkersburg collected 17 inches and Huntington, 9 inches.

Keywords:
FATALITY

by CNB