Seattle Snow Bound, Too

A sledder starts downhill after a push as the Space Needle is seen behind Tuesday in Seattle’s Gasworks Park. A vicious storm struck the Pacific Northwest and other western states at the start of the holiday travel season, dumping heavy snow on roads, knocking out power to tens of thousands of people and causing a cargo plane to overshoot its runway in Seattle. At least three deaths in Washington state have been blamed on the storm, including a man struck and killed outside his car Monday night on snowy Interstate 5 in Tacoma. (AP Photo/Elaine Thompson)