West digs out from record snow that's heading east

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After setting records in the West, a storm system is icing up the Midwest. (more)

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West digs out from record snow that's heading east

SPOKANE, Wash. (AP) - After setting records in the West, a storm system is icing up the Midwest.

By: Associated Press | WNCT-On Your Side
Published: December 19, 2008

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SPOKANE, Wash. (AP) - After setting records in the West, a storm system is icing up the Midwest.
The storm buried Spokane, Wash. under 19.4 inches of snow -- the most in a 24-hour period since record keeping began in 1881. Another four inches have fallen since the record was set and road crews are working around the clock to dig the city out.
Coeur d'Alene, Idaho, has a record 25 inches of snow to contend with. The past record was 16 inches set in 1955.
The system is moving on, unleashing heavy snow in Michigan. Some 14 inches are expected in parts of Illinois.
It's forecast to start hitting the Northeast by midmorning.
Hundreds of schools and school districts from Michigan to New Jersey, New York and New England have called off classes.