An ice storm threatened to topple towering trees onto power lines and turned mountain highways treacherous Wednesday in the Pacific Northwest, where residents were urged to avoid travel.
Around Portland, Oregon, long icicles dangled from roofs and cars, and ice encased branches, plants and leaves like thick glass.
Swaths of the area were under warnings early Wednesday for as much as an inch of ice, promising only to add to the damage wrought by a powerful
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