NATION IN BRIEF : NATIONWIDE : Storm Hits Rockies for 3rd Straight Day

A storm howled across the Rockies for a third straight day, striking Colorado with 70-m.p.h. winds and up to 16 inches of snow. Snow fell over the Cascade and Siskiyou ranges of Oregon and Washington and the Northern California mountains. Utah, Wyoming and Idaho also were covered with snow, and 200 miles of Interstate 84 were closed in Idaho. Snow advisories were issued for parts of South Dakota, Minnesota and Wisconsin as the storm moved eastward. Midday temperatures were below freezing from the high plains to New England, with readings in the teens in parts of New England and New York. But temperatures were in the 60s and 70s from southern Texas to Florida and south Georgia.