Winter weather smacks U.S.

A person pushes a cart to spread salt on a snowy sidewalk at Military Park in downtown Newark, N.J., on Dec. 26, 2012.

John Collison of Wyalusing, Pa., clears snow off his car windshield, Dec. 26, 2012, at a parking lot in Camptown, Wyalusing Township, Pa. Collison had driven there from the Montrose, Pa., area and reported the roads were "snowy but passable."

Trucks travel down a snowy Route 6 near the intersection with Route 409, between Wyalusing, Pa., and Towanda, Pa., during the snowstorm, Dec. 26, 2012.

AP Photo/The Enterprise-Journal, Philip Hall

Michael Donaldson, left, and Michael Lane work on clearing away damage done to the home of John Templeton in Centreville, Miss., Dec. 26, 2012. Templeton said there were four people at home at the time of the storm, all were unharmed after seeking shelter in the basement. More than 25 people were injured and at least 70 homes were damaged in Mississippi by the severe storms that pushed across the South on Christmas Day, authorities said.

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Chris Kehr, a maintenance supervisor at the York County Administrative Center, cleans off the walks in the first block of East Market Street in York, Pa., Dec. 26, 2012.

AP Photo/The Hattiesburg American, Bryant Hawkins

Chan Chapman, left, and his son Shannon help family friend Iris Loper move a trunk from their destroyed home, Dec. 26, 2012 in the Maxie community near Brooklyn, Miss. Tornadoes tore through the community on Tuesday, leaving three people with minor injuries and destroying several homes.

Shannon, left, and Chan Chapman, center, help family friend Iris Loper sort through the ruins of her home, Dec. 26, 2012 in the Maxie community near Brooklyn, Miss. Tornadoes tore through the community, leaving three people with minor injuries and destroying several homes.

AP Photo/The Reno Gazette-Journal, Marilyn Newton

Sri Seshadri of Indiana pelts Mike Haasl of Wisconsin with a snowball on Garson Road in the Verdi area west of Reno, Nev., Dec. 26, 2012.

AP Photo/Bloomsburg Press Enterprise, Jimmy May

Espy firefighter Jeff Kingston carries a basset hound to a firefighter's personal vehicle as they work to free two people confined in a minivan which rolled on it's side, Dec. 26, 2012, near the Lightstreet Exit of Interstate 80, Bloomsburg, Pa.

AP Photo/The Detroit News, David Guralnick

Cars make their way slowly on the eastbound lanes of Interstate 696 near Central Park Boulevard in Southfield, Mich., Dec. 26, 2012.

AP Photo/The Commercial Appeal, Jim Weber

Elizabeth Seymour, 9, front, gets a mouthful of snow while sledding at the Colllierville, Tenn., landfill with Carly Catanzaro, 10, and her sister Ellery Seymour, 10, back, Dec. 26, 2012. Shelby county managed to avoid the heavy snow that blanketed much of Arkansas, but that didn't stop the trio of sledders from taking advantage of the popular hill.

Snow falls on Continental Square in York, Pa., Dec. 26, 2012.

A Coast Electric Power Association lineman grounds a line on a replacement pole in McNeill, Miss., Dec. 26, 2012. The Christmas day storms downed both telephone and electric power lines and poles throughout the state in addition to extensive private property damage. More than 25 people were injured and at least 70 homes were damaged in Mississippi by the severe storms that pushed across the South on Christmas Day, authorities said. Damages have been reported in 10 counties and officials continue to assess the situation.

AP Photo/The Messenger-Inquirer, Gary Emord-Netzley

Charles Armstrong, 20, of Owensboro, clears snow off some of the 30 used cars in his father's car lot, Armstrong's Quality Motors, Dec. 26, 2012, in Owensboro, Ky.

John Desilvey, center, watches Forrest County workers clean up the damage near his home on Dec. 26, 2012, in the Maxie community near Brooklyn, Miss. Tornadoes tore through the community, leaving three people with minor injuries and several homes destroyed.

York City Firefighters Kevin Westover, left, and Wade Fleming clear snow from around Lincoln Station, Dec. 26, 2012, in York, Pa.

Large metal awnings sit ripped apart at Q's Car Wash in Centreville, Miss. on Dec. 26, 2012. More than 25 people were injured and at least 70 homes were damaged in Mississippi by the severe storms that pushed across the South on Christmas Day, authorities said.

Tractor trailer rigs are pull over just before the Robb Drive overpass in Reno, Nev., to chain up, Dec. 26, 2012.

Ian Rone, 12, surprises Alena Byrn. 16, with a face full of flakes while snowball fighting at the Overton Shell, Dec. 26, 2012, in Memphis, Tenn. Memphis managed to avoid the heavy snow that blanketed much of Arkansas, but Overton park was bustling with kids taking advantage of an almost white Christmas.

Shane McDermott administers a coup de grace on Michelle Duckworth as the cardboard clad Duckworth falls in the snow during a grand melee with wrapping paper tube weapons at Overton Park in Memphis, Tenn., Dec. 26, 2012. A group of a dozen Facebook friends gathered to battle it out for cardboard supremacy with the last intact tube as the winner. As these things tend to go, no one was really victorious as all the weapons were reduced to ribbons in the ensuing fracas.

Cars travel down Plumas Street in Reno, Nev., in blowing snow, Dec. 26, 2012.

Brittany Hale, of Southfield, makes her way down Franklin Road in Southfield, Mich., Dec. 26, 2012.

Eight-year-old Matthew Kirchner digs a snow fort in front of his house on North Hartley Street in York, Pa., on Dec. 26, 2012. Kirchner had been working on the structure for a few hours even as the snow turned to rain.

Driver Neil Simmons keeps an eye on the load as his trucks is loaded up with salt at the Oakland County Road Commission maintenance yard in Southfield, Mich., Dec. 26, 2012.