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FRANKFORT, Ky. (AP) — Crews are still out plowing and treating roads across Kentucky, after a winter storm dumped up to two feet of snow and trapped thousands of travelers on the interstate -- some for nearly 24 hours.
The Kentucky Department of Transportation warns motorists that are out today to drive cautiously. Although roads have been plowed, many still have packed snow and icy conditions are possible with subfreezing temperatures.
In addition to snow and ice, officials say some roads in eastern Kentucky are blocked by floodwaters.
In central Kentucky, officials said they were able to clear the roads enough to get motorists who were stranded on Interstate 65 moving again yesterday, but accidents early Friday were slowing traffic.
There are concerns about additional flooding as the snow melts.
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139-a-16-(Ranger Doug, member of Riders in the Sky, comedy and western singing group, in AP interview)-"little service station"-Riders in the Sky guitarist Ranger Doug says a trip from Nashville to Vandalia, Illinois, that should have taken 5 hours -- took 20. (6 Mar 2015)
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141-a-12-(Ranger Doug, member of Riders in the Sky, comedy and western singing group, in AP interview)-"handle at once"-Riders in the Sky guitarist Ranger Doug says after being stranded on I-24 in Kentucky for some 14 hours, their motor home was shoved into a snow drift by a passing tractor-trailer. (6 Mar 2015)
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297-a-13-(Sgt. 1st Class Dennis McCoy, Ky. Army National Guard, 223rd Military Police Company, in interview)-"moving as well"-Sgt. 1st Class Dennis McCoy of the Kentucky Army National Guard says his unit was called out to help motorists stranded on Interstate 65. COURTESY: WHAS TV ((mandatory on-air credit)) (5 Mar 2015)
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APPHOTO KYPAD101: Travelers make the journey back to their vehicles Thursday, March 5, 2015, after walking from Interstate 24 to a rest stop at Exit 16 in Paducah, Ky. Hundreds of motorists were stranded for agonizingly long waits Thursday as a late winter storm walloped Kentucky with up to 2 feet of snow, forcing National Guard soldiers and other emergency workers to make safety checks on snow-clogged interstates as road crews struggled to clear roads and wrecks. (AP Photo/The Paducah Sun, John Paul Henry) (5 Mar 2015)
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APPHOTO KYBOW107: Roy Waddle clears snow from his sidewalk Thursday, March 5, 2015, in Bowling Green, Ky. (AP Photo/Daily News, Bac Totrong) (23 Nov 2014)
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