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In Northeast, new menace forecast: Rain

Fear of roofs collapsing after heavy snow mounts

By DEMOCRAT-GAZETTE STAFF FROM WIRE REPORTS

Posted: February 11, 2013 at 12:13 a.m.

GARY HIGGINS
Credit: AP
Kris Kachline clears the back deck of her snow-encrusted home in the Windmill Point neighborhood of Hull, Mass., on Sunday after more than 2 feet of snow blanketed the region from a storm that ended Saturday.

Travel restrictions eased and life slowly returned to normal for most New Englanders after the weekend blizzard, but many remained without power in cold and darkened homes, and a forecast of rain brought a new worry: weight piling up dangerously on roofs already burdened by heavy snow.

Connecticut digs out, prepares for week

The mighty and historic Noreaster has left five people dead in Connecticut. The dig out is slow, hard work. With rain coming early this week the new concern for a state needing a break, is ice. (By The Associated Press)
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