AP Top News at 2:56 p.m. EST

AP Top News at 2:56 p.m. EST

Storm pounds snowbound Mid-Atlantic, East Coast

WASHINGTON — A blizzard howled up the East Coast on Wednesday, making roads from Baltimore to New York City so treacherous that even plow drivers pulled over and bringing more misery to a Mid-Atlantic region poised to have its snowiest winter on record. In Pennsylvania, the governor closed large stretches of major highways because the second major storm in less than a week was making travel too risky. In Washington, snow fell so hard that people on the National Mall could not see the Capitol. Many in the region were still without power from the historic storm over the weekend, and even more were expected to lose it during this one.