MORGANTOWN, W.Va. -- The brunt of Hurricane Sandy's remnants fell on West Virginia as wet, heavy snow, stranding residents and motorists so completely that National Guard troops delivered Meals Ready to Eat to drivers trapped on Interstate 68.
Gov. Earl Ray Tomblin had declared a pre-emptive state of emergency on Monday in order to have troops in position for the storm. National Guard Maj. Gen. James Hoyer said he expected them to help with statewide relief work through the weekend and then continue to other states that were harder hit. President Barack Obama said Tuesday that West Virginia was under a federal emergency declaration and eligible for federal assistance.
By Tuesday evening, the National Weather Service said that light snow had begun to taper out of northern West Virginia. The agency reported 2 to 3 inches in lower elevations near Morgantown, a little more than a foot in higher elevations and up to 2 feet in Tucker County. However, officials on the ground in West Virginia consistently reported greater depths, including more than 3 feet in Preston County.
Meteorologist John Darnley predicted that the snow in those areas would continue overnight and taper off in the morning.
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