AEP Linemen Greg Shenefield, 45, of Pikeville, KY, left, and Robert Hall, 47, of Hazard, KY use four-wheelers to search for downed power lines in the mountainous areas of Cabin Creek. They started their search near a church off Cove Road. (Craig Cunningham/Charleston Daily Mail)

By Zack Harold
The Daily Mail

CHARLESTON, W.Va. – Craig Walters and his crew know they have work to do. They just don’t know where.

A blizzard brought on by Hurricane Sandy dumped inches of wet, heavy snow on West Virginia Tuesday, knocking out electricity to more than 100,000 Appalachian Power customers. And although linemen often use helicopters to scout downed lines, lingering rain clouds and high winds prevented them from taking off.

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Gov. Earl Ray Tomblin, is briefed by Jimmy Gianato, Director of Homeland Security at the National Guard Armory on Coonskin Drive before a teleconference with Liason Officers scattered thoughout storm affected areas of West Virginia. At left is West Virginia National Guard Adjutant General James A. Hoyer. (Craig Cunningham/Charleston Daily Mail)

By Dave Boucher
The Daily Mail

CHARLESTON, W.Va. — More than two-dozen members of the West Virginia National Guard stared at monitors and swilled coffee Wednesday morning as they helped coordinate storm relief efforts from the Joint Operations Center at the Coonskin Armory Complex in Charleston.

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By Daily Mail Staff and Wire Reports
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Republican House of Delegates candidate John Rose Sr., 60, was checking fences on his 100-acre deer farm near Philippi when a falling tree limb struck and killed him, his son George Rose told The Associated Press.

“It was a big limb. … I don’t even think he knew it hit him,” the younger man said Thursday.

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Neighbors work together in Pax to clear trees that fell overnight and blocked the road. Pax had more than a foot of snow by Tuesday morning (Tom Hindman/Charleston Daily Mail).

By Shay Maunz
Charleston Daily Mail

PAX, W.Va. – Donnie Williams and four other men stood in 18 inches of snow, wrestling with a tree trunk 18 inches thick.

That tree, felled by the snow and winds that tore through Appalachia Monday night and Tuesday morning when superstorm Sandy met land, was across a power line and into the road, cutting off residents of this dead-end road in the small Fayette County town of Pax.

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Jason McClanahan, 38, and his son Ty, 15, shovel their South Hills driveway as snow from Hurricane Sandy hit the Northeast coastal areas. Charleston Daily Mail/Craig Cunningham

By Jarden Hunt
Charleston Daily Mail

CHARLESTON, W.Va. — More than one-fifth of the state is without power, several major highways are closed and more severe weather is on the way the morning after the remnants of Hurricane Sandy hit West Virginia with full force.

Sandy, now classified as a post-tropical cyclone, will continue to bringing high winds, heavy rains and blizzard conditions to areas of the state today as it slowly moves across the northeastern United States.

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Snow plows move through the mountains of West Virginia Monday, Oct. 29, 2012, in Randolph County, W.Va. Sandy was set to collide with a wintry storm from the west and cold air streaming down from the Arctic. (AP Photo/Robert Ray)

By Paul Fallon
Charleston Daily Mail

Charleston, WV – Heavy, wet snow fell in parts of Charleston on Tuesday morning. Portions of Kanawha County, including right outside the National Weather Service, accumulated about 6 inches just partway through the morning, according to the weather service.

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