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Winter Storm Blackouts Strain Plains States
After a deadly blizzard across the Rockies and Great Lakes, about 220000 people in Nebraska and Michigan remained without power. Nebraska towns including Lincoln and Hardy faced outages. Michigan reported 160000 affected. Snow depths reached 8 inches in Michigan and 4 1/2 feet in Colorado. At least 16 deaths across seven states were blamed on the storm. Colorado searched for a missing woman. A Wyoming man survived three days in a truck and was rescued with hypothermia. Illinois logged 7000 outages, Des Moines area largely restored.
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