Deadly Ice Storm

A man looks at damage to a small car Wednesday, Dec. 12, 2007, after a tree fell on it earlier this week in Tulsa, Okla. Tulsans continue to cope with the aftermath an ice storm which left more than 400,000 people statewide without power and wrecked havoc throughout the Midwest. The 32 deaths blamed on the storm included 21 in Oklahoma, four in Kansas, three each in Missouri and Michigan and one in Nebraska.

Sgt. Steven Kraus and other members of the Missouri Army National Guard from Macon, Mo. clean up debris Wednesday Dec. 12, 2007, in Maryville, Mo. About 20 members of the unit traveled to Nodaway County to help with clean-up.

Michael McMonigle of Above All Tree Service hauls a cut tree branch from the front yard of a home in Tulsa, Okla., Wednesday, Dec. 12, 2007. An ice storm has left hundreds of thousands of Oklahomans without power and destroyed countless trees.

A Davey Tree Co. crew works to remove branches from power lines in Oklahoma City, Wednesday, Dec. 12, 2007. State emergency management officials said that just under 498,000 homes and business remained without power following a winter ice storm, in what is the largest outage in Oklahoma history.

Fallen tree limbs cover Britton Road after a Ice storm in eastern Oklahoma County, Monday, Dec. 10, 2007. The first major winter storm of the season moved through much of the Midwest over the weekend with a mix of freezing rain, ice and snow, causing hazardous driving conditions, downing trees and power lines and leaving many residents without power.

A statue is covered in ice in Spencer, Okla., Monday, Dec. 10, 2007. Commuters contended with treacherous roads from the southern Plains to the Northeast as the storm spread a coating of ice and freezing rain linked to at least 23 traffic deaths.

A tree trimmer from Shade Tree Service Company tries to make way for the utility company to get power hooked up on Monday, Dec. 10, 2007, in Jefferson City, Mo. Much of the Midwest continues to try and get mobile after a weekend ice storm. Area residents are busy picking up broken branches and in some instances, entire trees were that were uprooted.

Utility wires are coated in ice in Jones, Okla, Monday, Dec. 10, 2007.

A car was damaged after a large tree branch fell on it in Jefferson City, Mo., on Monday, Dec. 10, 2007.

A floral decoration is encased in ice at an Oklahoma City cemetery, Monday, Dec. 10, 2007.

A row of American flags is coated with ice and icicles Monday Dec. 10, 2007 along I-72 in rural Winchester, Ill. The first wave of an ice storm swept through the region Sunday, and a second wave of ice is expected overnight Tuesday.

Roberto Rodriguez clears a tree from a driveway in Nichols Hills, Okla., near Oklahoma City, Monday, Dec. 10, 2007.

Trees covered in ice fall into the roadway in Nichols Hills, Okla., near Oklahoma City, Monday, Dec. 10, 2007. The winter storm dumped ice across Oklahoma and more than 200,000 power outages were reported early Monday and schools across the state were closed because of the conditions.

Ice hangs from the tress in Lake St. Louis, Mo., Monday, Dec 10, 2007.

Ice covers everything in Jefferson City, Mo., as a steady rain and drizzle froze to the trees, power lines and every other exposed surface. Winter weather warnings and advisories were posted along a cold front that stretched from Texas to New Hampshire.

An ice-covered downed tree covers a pickup truck in Joplin, Mo, on Sunday, December 9, 2007.

Icicles hang from a statue of Abraham Lincoln in front of the Abraham Lincoln Presidential Museum and Library in Springfield, Ill., Sunday, Dec. 9, 2007. The brunt of an icy winter storm system hit central Illinois leaving up to a quarter of an inch of ice accumulation and creating dangerous driving conditions. At least 13 deaths have been linked to the storm.

A Joplin, Mo., resident trims ice covered tree limbs that were hanging over her driveway on Sunday, Dec. 9, 2007.

Maple leaves hang, caked in ice, on Sunday, Dec. 9, 2007, in Pittsburg, Kan.

The leaves and branches of an evergreen tree are caked in a thick layer of ice Sunday, Dec. 9, 2007, in Pittsburg, Kan.