Rare Spring Snowstorm

Tulips in a front yard garden in South Vienna, Ohio, bend over from the weight of snow, April 23, 2005. A rare spring snowstorm dumped more than a foot of snow on parts of the Midwest and Appalachians, bringing temperatures 25 degrees below average.

Ohio

John Rukosky clears snow from his driveway in University Heights, Ohio, April 25, 2005.

Ohio

A tree uprooted by heavy snow rests in a front lawn in Shaker Heights, Ohio, April 25, 2005.

Ohio

A man tries to use a broom to knock down heavy wet snow from tree limbs near his driveway, in Chagrin Falls, Ohio, April 25, 2005.

Ohio

Dan Malik walks with his dog, Manny, after a fresh snowfall in Pepper Pike, Ohio, April 24, 2005.

Ohio

A jogger makes his way down a country lane in Bainbridge, Ohio, April 24, 2005.

Michigan

Snow covers tulips as a car drives through an intersection in Saginaw, Mich., April 24, 2005. By evening, a foot of snow had fallen in eastern Michigan and 10 to 13 inches were reported in Detroit's northern suburbs, said meteorologist Greg Smith of the National Weather Service.

Michigan

Grounds crew members Richard Weishuhn, left, and Charles McGee hose snow from the baseball field at Comerica Park, where the Detroit Tigers' game against the Minnesota Twins was postponed due to weather, April 24, 2005, in Detroit.

Michigan

Assistant groundskeeper Gail DeGennaro hoses off the snow from the baseball field at Comerica Park, where the Detroit Tigers' game against the Minnesota Twins was postponed due to weather, April 24, 2005, in Detroit.

Michigan

Electrical engineering student Isaac Hubbard grins through the fast-falling snowflakes as he walks to the undergraduate library at Wayne State University, April 24, 2005, in Detroit.

Michigan

Motorists head south during a spring snowstorm in Pontiac, Mich., April 24, 2005.

Michigan

Naoshi Sato hits golf balls at Carl's Golfland in Plymouth, Mich., April 24, 2005.

Michigan

Daffodils on the side of a road near Torch Lake, Mich., are dusted with snow, April 23, 2005.

Michigan

A man carrying a cooler makes his way through a snowstorm in Pontiac, Mich., April 24, 2005.

Michigan

Rhonda Beare scrapes ice and snow off her car after leaving a program at Calvary Evangelical Lutheran Church, in Clarkston, Mich., April 23, 2005.

North Carolina

Mark Ledyard, Frankie Adkins, Jim Hoer, and Tim Grotenhuis, from right, run the Mountains-to-Sea trail along the Blue Ridge Parkway, amid an unusual spring snowfall in Asheville, N.C., April 24, 2005.

Tennessee

Snow sticks to a lilac bush in Watauga, Tenn., April 24, 2005.

Tennessee

A hummingbird feeder is covered with snow, April 24, 2005, in Watauga, Tenn.