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冰雪灾害 Windy, bitterly cold weather spread from the northern Plains to the Northeast on Sunday, with blinding snow canceling church services in parts of Michigan and causing a 68-vehicle pileup in Pennsylvania.  A woman died in the Pennsylvania pileup when her car became wedged卡在underneath a tractor-trailer集装箱车, said Lt. Jason Zoshak of Hazleton Township Fire and Rescue. About 35 people were injured, and at least 24 people whose cars were not drivable were taken to shelters, he said.Lt. lieutenant 陆军少尉 Firefighters used ropes to rescue people who had scrambled out of their cars and jumped down an embankment to avoid being hit. They had a heavy snow squall going through the area, zero visibility, high winds, Zoshak said. There were vehicles everywhere.scramble攀登，爬行 embankment堤防,筑堤 squall暴风雪Also in Pennsylvania, a 60-foot tree toppled by high winds fell onto a sport utility vehicle traveling along a Berks County road, killing a 48-year-old man and critically injuring his 49-year-old wife, state police said.topple摇摇欲坠The bitter cold snap and strong winds created icy driving conditions that shut down interstates and highways in Wisconsin. Wind chills sent the temperature plunging to at least 35 degrees below zero on Sunday.cold snap [countable noun] a sudden short period of very cold weather The Wisconsin State Highway Patrol closed a seven-mile stretch of Interstate 39/90 just south of Madison for about an hour and a half because of icy driving conditions. Strong winds blew snow around to create near-whiteouts and snow drifts.patrol巡逻队 snow drifts雪（漂）堆 0东西干线 5南北干线It was the same area — but in the opposite direction — where thousands of motorists were stranded for as long as 12 hours in a snowstorm last week. strand陷入困境 In Michigan, the body of a missing 87-year-old man with Alzheimers disease was found Sunday morning about five blocks from his Leland home. The man died of exposure to the cold, the Leelanau County sheriffs department said. Alzheimer老年痴呆症；阿