Some of the ferry's cargo of 50 lorries broke chains holding them down and as the load shifted the vessel began to list at 60 degrees in conditions described as the roughest for a decade.

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In Texas, where Amarillo saw 19 inches of snow Monday, fierce winds whipped snow into whiteout conditions that left truck driver and CNN iReporter Phillip Prince -- carrying a load of frozen pizzas -- stranded on Interstate 40 near Groom for nine hours.

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