Photos: Another snow storm hits much of US

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Photos: Another snow storm hits much of US

Winter kept its icy hold on much of the country Monday, with snow falling and temperatures dropping as schools and offices closed and people from the South and Mid-Atlantic to Northeast reluctantly waited out another storm indoors. BRETT ZONGKER / AP

An unfortunate motorist found his vehicle sliding off the ramp into the ditch on the ramp from U. S. 15 to West Patrick Street in Frederick, Md., Monday, March 3, 2014. (AP Photo/The Frederick News-Post, Bill Green)

A Southwest Airlines jet taxis past snow-clearing equipment at Baltimore-Washington International Thurgood Marshall Airport, in Linthicum , Md., Monday, March 3, 2014. Snow and low temperatures gripped the Mid-Atlantic and Northeast, causing more than than 2,700 flight cancellations in the United States as of Monday afternoon, according to flight tracking site FlightAware.com. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky)

Fog covers Silver Lake as a pair of swans roam the shores for food during the snow storm Monday, March 3, 2014 near Dayton, Va. (AP Photo/Daily News-Record , Nikki Fox)

Dustin Wilkins, assistant manager at the Rocking R Ace Hardware, loads salt onto a truck for a customer during a snow storm in Harrisonburg, Va., Monday, March 3, 2014. (AP Photo/Daily News-Record , Nikki Fox)

Mike Zoller removes snow on his car in Richmond, Va., as he prepares to go to his work on Monday, March 3, 2014. (AP Photo/Richmond Times-Dispatch, Daniel Sangjib Min)

Mary Kay Queen and her daughter Lucy, 4, sled down a hill in Alexandria, Va., Monday, March 3, 2014. Winter kept its icy hold on much of the country Monday, with snow falling and temperatures dropping as schools and offices closed and people from the South and Mid-Atlantic to Northeast reluctantly waited out another storm indoors. Four to 8 inches of snow were forecast from Baltimore to Washington _ lower than earlier predictions but enough to cause headaches for the region. (AP Photo/Cliff Owen)

A man walks away from a vehicle after it ran off the icy road on Monday, March, 3, 2014. Gov. Jack Markell says he will left a state of emergency and driving warning in Kent and Sussex counties, but urged motorists to exercise caution as a winter storm continued to dump snow on the mid-Atlantic region. (AP Photo/The Wilmington News-Journal, Suchat Pederson)

Michael Brown, 18, left, Robin Patch, 21, center, and Johnathon Best, 21, use an air mattress as a sled Sunday, March 2, 2014, at Hudson Family Park in Portland, Ind. Jay County was spared the bulk of the winter storm as it got 3 inches of snow this weekend while more severe weather hit northwest and southern Indiana. (AP Photo/The Commercial Review, Ray Cooney)

Firefighters clear snow from the front of Fire Station 1 in Atlantic City, N.J, Monday March 3, 2014. Winter kept its icy hold on much of the country Monday, with snow falling and temperatures dropping as schools and offices closed and people from the South and Mid-Atlantic to Northeast reluctantly waited out another storm indoors. (AP Photo/The Press of Atlantic City, Michael Ein)

A group of people help push a stranded motorist out of a bank of snow in Frayser, Tenn., Monday, March 3, 2014 after a winter storm covered parts of Memphis in a blanket of ice over night. (AP Photo/The Commercial Appeal, Jim Weber)

A branch falls in the street in Tyler, Texas on Sunday, March 2, 2014. The Texas Department of Public Safety says interstate traffic in North and East Texas is moving slowly after sections were closed because of multiple accidents caused by icy conditions. DPS Sgt. Lonny Haschel said Monday the concern is the interstates refreezing as temperatures in North Texas are expected to fall into the 20s overnight. Traffic on Interstate 45 south of Dallas on Sunday night and into Monday was at a virtual standstill for hours as accidents and tractor-trailers unable to climb steep grades blocked other vehicles. (AP Photo/The Tyler Morning Telegraph, Sarah A. Miller)

Henry King and Nashonda Johnson lock arms as they cross a very icy S. Palace Ave. Tyler, Texas on Monday, March 3, 2014. The Texas Department of Public Safety says interstate traffic in North and East Texas is moving slowly after sections were closed because of multiple accidents caused by icy conditions. DPS Sgt. Lonny Haschel said Monday the concern is the interstates refreezing as temperatures in North Texas are expected to fall into the 20s overnight. Traffic on Interstate 45 south of Dallas on Sunday night and into Monday was at a virtual standstill for hours as accidents and tractor-trailers unable to climb steep grades blocked other vehicles. (AP Photo/The Tyler Morning Telegraph, Sarah A. Miller)

Robert Sheppard of Flint fills his tank up with gas at Food Fast in Tyler, Texas on Monday, March 3, 2014. The Texas Department of Public Safety says interstate traffic in North and East Texas is moving slowly after sections were closed because of multiple accidents caused by icy conditions. DPS Sgt. Lonny Haschel said Monday the concern is the interstates refreezing as temperatures in North Texas are expected to fall into the 20s overnight. Traffic on Interstate 45 south of Dallas on Sunday night and into Monday was at a virtual standstill for hours as accidents and tractor-trailers unable to climb steep grades blocked other vehicles. (AP Photo/The Tyler Morning Telegraph, Sarah A. Miller)

Motorists proceed slowly on Interstate 85 northbound near Petersburg, Va. Monday, March 3, 2014. Virginia State Police responded to more than 300 crashes between midnight and 10:30 a.m. Monday. (AP Photo/The Progress-Index, Patrick Kane)

Levi Hoffman, 13, skies down Hanover St. to his friend's house in Fredericksburg, Va during the snowstorm on Monday, March 3, 2014. Winter kept its icy hold on much of the country Monday, with snow falling and temperatures dropping as schools and offices closed and people from the South and Mid-Atlantic to Northeast reluctantly waited out another storm indoors. (AP Photo/The Free Lance-Star, Autumn Parry)

Pedestrian uses umbrella to shield herself from the falling snow on Monday, March 3, 2014 in Richmond, Va. Winter kept its icy hold on much of the country Monday, with snow falling and temperatures dropping as schools and offices closed and people from the South and Mid-Atlantic to Northeast reluctantly waited out another storm indoors. (AP Photo/Richmond Times-Dispatch, James H. Wallace)

A cyclist drives next to a car as snow continues to fall on Monday, March 3, 2014 in Richmond, Va. Winter kept its icy hold on much of the country Monday, with snow falling and temperatures dropping as schools and offices closed and people from the South and Mid-Atlantic to Northeast reluctantly waited out another storm indoors. (AP Photo/Richmond Times-Dispatch, James H. Wallace)

Landon O'Malley teases her two dogs Bay and Spider with a snowball in Fredericksburg, Va during the snowstorm on Monday, March 3, 2014. Winter kept its icy hold on much of the country Monday, with snow falling and temperatures dropping as schools and offices closed and people from the South and Mid-Atlantic to Northeast reluctantly waited out another storm indoors. (AP Photo/The Free Lance-Star, Autumn Parry)

Victor Colom clears snow from his car for the second time on Monday, March 3, 2014 in Charlottesville, Va. Winter kept its icy hold on much of the country Monday, with snow falling and temperatures dropping as schools and offices closed and people from the South and Mid-Atlantic to Northeast reluctantly waited out another storm indoors. (AP Photo/The Daily Progress, Ryan M. Kelly)

A line of snowball fighters charge as they attack with snow on the National Mall in Washington, Monday, March 3, 2014, during a snowball fight hosted by the Washington DC Snowball Fight Association. Winter kept its icy hold on much of the country Monday, with snow falling and temperatures dropping as schools and offices closed and people from the South and Mid-Atlantic to Northeast reluctantly waited out another storm indoors. Four to 8 inches of snow were forecast from Baltimore to Washington _ lower than earlier predictions but enough to cause headaches for the region. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)

Jordan Plieskatt, 32, clears snow for a parking spot in front of his house in Alexandria, Va., Monday, March 3, 2014. Winter kept its icy hold on much of the country Monday, with snow falling and temperatures dropping as schools and offices closed and people from the South and Mid-Atlantic to Northeast reluctantly waited out another storm indoors. Four to 8 inches of snow were forecast from Baltimore to Washington _ lower than earlier predictions but enough to cause headaches for the region. (AP Photo/Cliff Owen)

With the Capitol in the background, snowball fighters charge as they attack with snow on the National Mall in Washington, Monday, March 3, 2014, during a snowball fight hosted by the Washington DC Snowball Fight Association. Winter kept its icy hold on much of the country Monday, with snow falling and temperatures dropping as schools and offices closed and people from the South and Mid-Atlantic to Northeast reluctantly waited out another storm indoors. Four to 8 inches of snow were forecast from Baltimore to Washington _ lower than earlier predictions but enough to cause headaches for the region. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)

People sled and snowboard down a hill at a park in Alexandria, Va., Monday, March 3, 2014. Winter kept its icy hold on much of the country Monday, with snow falling and temperatures dropping as schools and offices closed and people from the South and Mid-Atlantic to Northeast reluctantly waited out another storm indoors. Four to 8 inches of snow were forecast from Baltimore to Washington _ lower than earlier predictions but enough to cause headaches for the region. (AP Photo/Cliff Owen)

Shaquella Newby, 21, right, looks back as her partner Brittany Bigby, 25, pulls a make-shift sled full of groceries to their home, from a grocery store in Alexandria, Va., Monday, March 3, 2014. The National Weather Service has issued a Winter Storm Warning for the greater Washington Metropolitan region, prompting area schools and the federal government to close for the wintry weather. (AP Photo/Cliff Owen)

Workers clear snow from the sidewalks in Alexandria, Va., Monday, March 3, 2014. The National Weather Service has issued a Winter Storm Warning for the greater Washington Metropolitan region, prompting area schools and the federal government to close for the wintry weather. (AP Photo/Cliff Owen)

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An unfortunate motorist found his vehicle sliding off the ramp into the ditch on the ramp from U. S. 15 to West Patrick Street in Frederick, Md., Monday, March 3, 2014. (AP Photo/The Frederick News-Post, Bill Green)

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