The weather elsewhere: Frigid winter storm hits Midwest

Thursday, January 7, 2010 | 8:12 a.m. CST; updated 11:01 a.m. CDT, Wednesday, May 5, 2010

DES MOINES — Snow was piled so high in Iowa that drivers couldn't see across intersections and a North Dakota snowblower repair shop was overwhelmed with business as residents braced Thursday for heavy snow and wind chills as low as 52 below zero.

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