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[h=4]Flooding intensifies as massive storm rolls across U.S.[/h]More than 1,000 flights canceled; death toll tops 40.
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Heavy rains swelled a river in the town of Union, Missouri Tuesday, covering roadways and flooding homes and businesses along a nearby river. (Dec. 29) AP
Jason Fitzgibbons, center, helps fill sandbags with other volunteers Dec. 29, 2015, in St. Louis.(Photo: AP)
A massive weather system that devastated parts of the South and Midwest roared north and east Tuesday, leaving flooding in its wake and driving ice, snow, heavy rains –<span style="color: Red;">*</span>and headaches –<span style="color: Red;">*</span>into the Upper Midwest and Northeast.
Winter weather slowed traffic to a crawl in parts of New York,<span style="color: Red;">*</span>New England and elsewhere.<span style="color: Red;">*</span>Missouri, Oklahoma and<span style="color: Red;">*</span>Texas were among states battling flooding from days of heavy rain.
More than 1,200 flights were canceled across the nation by 4:30 p.m.<span style="color: Red;">*</span>ET, according to the FlightAware tracking website. More than 240 flights were canceled in and out of Chicago's O'Hare airport. Travelers leaving from airports in Toronto, Chicago, Boston, Atlanta, Denver and Dallas experienced long delays.<span style="color: Red;">*</span>Officials at Indianapolis Airport broke out cots and snacks as hundreds of would-be passengers waited for passage on canceled or delayed flights.
"Looking on the bright side! Connect to our free WiFi on your phone, tablet, or laptop," the airport tweeted.
In Missouri, Gov. Jay Nixon on Tuesday activated the Missouri National Guard. Nixon, who<span style="color: Red;">*</span>traveled to Perryville, 80 miles south of St. Louis, to help coordinate government<span style="color: Red;">*</span>efforts to minimize flooding, said the guard would provide security in evacuated areas and direct traffic diverted by road closures.<span style="color: Red;">*</span>Several Missouri towns were evacuating and some had<span style="color: Red;">*</span>already flooded.<span style="color: Red;">*</span>The Mississippi, Missouri and Meramec rivers all were at or near flood stage.
In Milwaukee, two men died in separate incidents of trying to clean up snow around their residences. In one case, a 73-year-old man was pronounced dead after an apparent collapse while snow blowing, according to WISH. In the other incident, a 54-year-old man was pronounced dead after collapsing while shoveling, WISN reported.
The worst flooding in some areas was not expected until Thursday.
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"River levels in some areas are expected to match or exceed<span style="color: Red;">*</span>records set in '93," Nixon said.
In the Northeast, snow and ice were the problem.<span style="color: Red;">*</span>Boston, which last winter set a record with more than 9<span style="color: Red;">*</span>feet of snow, has been reveling in a mild winter so far this season. On Tuesday the plows roared out of city garages.
"Encouraging everyone to be extra cautious during this morning's commute as #BOSnow<span style="color: Red;">*</span>makes an appearance for the first time this winter," Mayor Marty Walsh tweeted.
The roads<span style="color: Red;">*</span>across parts of New York state were littered with accidents and slowdowns. The Transportation Department warned drivers to<span style="color: Red;">*</span>"be extra alert when traveling to account for the snow/ice."
Burlington, Vt.,<span style="color: Red;">*</span>was dealing with snow and sleet. Green Mountain Power, the state's<span style="color: Red;">*</span>largest utility, was warning of likely outages as the winter storm bore down on the state.
The National Weather Service forecast a sometimes heavy mix of snow<span style="color: Red;">*</span>and ice through Tuesday night across parts of the Northern and Central Plains, the Great Lakes and the Northeast. Maine might see the worst of it;<span style="color: Red;">*</span>the weather service warned that parts of the state could be walloped with 2<span style="color: Red;">*</span>inches of snow per hour.
The week-old weather pattern that brought tornadoes, snow, ice, heavy rain and flooding to<span style="color: Red;">*</span>Texas and parts of the Midwest and Southeast has been blamed for more than 40 deaths.
Contributing: Burlington, Vermont, Free Press; The Indianapolis Star
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Winter weather is hitting the Northeast on Tuesday, after snow and strong winds slammed parts of the Midwest. Monday's weather made roads hazardous and disrupted thousands of flights. (Dec. 29) AP
Cheryl Turek, of Nevada, Texas, right, hugs Evelyn Lindstrom in front of Lindstrom's destroyed home in Copeville, Texas, after heavy rain, high winds and tornadoes swept through North Texas the previous night, on Dec. 27, 2015.<span style="color: Red;">*</span> Rachel Woolf, The Dallas Morning News via AP
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