Storm Socks Areas From Minn. to N.C....01/20/99

(AP) - A powerful winter storm that dumped up to 9 inches of snow in the upper Midwest blustered into the East Thursday, bringing heavy snow, grounding air traffic and closing schools throughout the region. Flights up and down the coast were canceled or delayed Thursday as crews tried to clear runways. Near Washington, about a third of the flights out of Reagan National Airport and Dulles International Airport were canceled Thursday morning. Elsewhere in the mid-Atlantic region - where about 5 inches had fallen by midmorning - Delaware Gov. Thomas Carper canceled his State of the State address, and schools were closed across Virginia, Maryland and North Carolina.