Storm cancels flights, makes travel difficult

Tuesday, February 1, 2011 | 7:57 a.m. CST; updated 8:49 p.m. CST, Tuesday, February 1, 2011

ST. LOUIS — Potentially the worst winter storm to hit Missouri in decades delivered freezing rain and more than a foot of snow Tuesday, creating whiteout conditions so severe that state officials closed the entire 252-mile stretch of Interstate 70 linking Kansas City and St. Louis.

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