Storms kill 38 in US

The storms have been pummeling states in the eastern half of the nation with snow, sleet and freezing rain since Sunday. Michigan was expecting up to 21 inches of snow Tuesday; highways were glazed over as far south as Georgia.

The weather was blamed for at least 38 deaths, most of them traffic related, on Sunday and Monday.

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Authorities in Michigan warned motorists to stay off roads Tuesday.

"Don't drive if you don't have to," said Mike Proud, a forecaster at the National Weather Service's office in Gaylord, Mich. "Be well prepared. It's going to be a lot of snow."

The heaviest snowfall Monday was 24.8 inches at Duluth, Minn., as moist air swept inland from Lake Superior. Drifting snow closed about 70 miles of Interstate 29 in North Dakota, between Fargo and Grand Forks.