US | snow Ice, Snow Spread From Plains to East Seven killed in storms By Newser Editors and Wire Services Posted Jan 27, 2009 10:08 AM CST Copied Snow is cleared on the White House grounds in Washington, Tuesday, Jan. 27, 2009, as a wintry mix hit the Washington area. (AP Photo/Ron Edmonds) Schools closed and thousands of homes and businesses had no electricity today as a storm spread a coating of ice and snow on roads and power lines from the southern Plains to the mid-Atlantic states. At least seven deaths had been blamed on the weather. Highway department crews were out in force spreading salt and sand on the accumulating ice. "The way it's shaping up, it looks like it's going to be a major ice storm," said a meteorologist in Arkansas, where ice had built up as much as an inch thick in one town. Some 5,800 customers were blacked out as ice brought down power lines, a power company said. The National Weather Service posted storm warnings from Texas and Oklahoma through the Mississippi and Ohio valleys to New Jersey, Maryland, and Virginia. Read These Next Gavin Newsom has filed a massive lawsuit against Fox News. New York Times ranks the best movies of the 21st century. A man has been deported for kicking an airport customs beagle. White House rolls with Trump's 'daddy' nickname. Report an error