Spring snow closes US schools, cancels flights

AAA??Mar. 25, 2013?2:53 PM ET
Spring snow closes US schools, cancels flights
By MICHAEL RUBINKAMBy MICHAEL RUBINKAM, Associated Press??

A city of Winchester crew picks up recycling along snow covered, tree lined Fairmont Ave. in Winchester, Va. as a storm dumped several inches of heavy, wet snow in the area. on Monday March 25, 2013. The National Weather Service says some areas in southwest Virginia could see up to 10 inches of snow Monday. Other areas could receive up to 6 inches. (AP Photo/The Winchester Star, Ginger Perry)

A city of Winchester crew picks up recycling along snow covered, tree lined Fairmont Ave. in Winchester, Va. as a storm dumped several inches of heavy, wet snow in the area. on Monday March 25, 2013. The National Weather Service says some areas in southwest Virginia could see up to 10 inches of snow Monday. Other areas could receive up to 6 inches. (AP Photo/The Winchester Star, Ginger Perry)

Jonathan Hines digs his car out of the snow on State Street, in Lafayette, Ind., on Monday, March 25, 2013, after a record-setting storm dumped more than 7 inches of snow in the area, bringing plows out in force and keeping police busy chasing a string of slide-offs. (AP Photo/The Journal & Courier, Brent Drinkut) MANDATORY CREDIT; NO SALES .

Snow accumulates on crosses at the Church of St John the Baptist in Larksville, Pa., Monday March 25, 2013. There were no major problems reported despite the widespread snowfall. (AP Photo/The Citizens' Voice, Mark Moran) MANDATORY CREDIT Mark Moran PAWIC102

Dakota Kimble 11, left, his brother, Kaden Kimble 9 and father David Kimble teamed up to shovel several inches of snow from their front sidewalk and a neighbor's Monday morning, March, 25, 2013 in Winchester, Va. The National Weather Service says some areas in southwest Virginia could see up to 10 inches of snow Monday. Other areas could receive up to 6 inches. (AP Photo/The Winchester Star, Ginger Perry)

A pedestrian and a baby try to keep the snow off while walking along the Coney Island boardwalk in New York, Monday, March 25, 2013. A wide-ranging storm is hitting the East Coast after blanketing the Midwest and burying thoughts of springtime weather under a blanket of heavy wet snow and slush, though less snow was predicted to fall as the storm moves eastward. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig)

HAMBURG, Pa. (AP) ? Five days into spring, warm weather and budding flowers are just a rumor as the East Coast endures another blast of winter.

A wide-ranging storm that buried parts of the Midwest weakened as it moved east Monday morning. But it still managed to carpet lawns and fields in a fresh layer of white. Many schools opened late or closed early, and hundreds of flights have been canceled.

The cold temperatures and miserable mixture of snow and rain have people longing for more seasonable weather.

Stopped at a Pennsylvania gas station, 24-year-old Jessica Cunitz says, "I'm ready for flip flops."

Associated Press

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