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Alaska Army National Guardsmen use shovels and heavy equipment to clear an area around a building in Cordova, Alaska, Jan. 9, 2012. Guardsmen cleared roads, roofs and boats after a series of winter storms dropped nearly 18 feet of snow on the region.

HEAVY SNOW

Alaska Army National Guardsmen use shovels and heavy equipment to clear an area around a building in Cordova, Alaska, Jan. 9, 2012. Guardsmen cleared roads, roofs and boats after a series of winter storms dropped nearly 18 feet of snow on the region.

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