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A large section of the Plains, as well as areas of Arizona, Texas and New Mexico were recovering after a wave of storms over the weekend and Monday brought snow, ice and strong winds.

Harsh, frigid conditions were blamed for at least 11 traffic fatalities in the Plains. In Colorado, crews looking for a missing snowshoer found a body in a creek southwest of Denver on Monday.

The Coroner's Office in Jefferson County confirmed later that the body, found near a reservoir on the edge of the Denver area, was that of Mel Dinklage, 46. The cause of death was not determined, alhough sheriff's spokesman Jim Shires said Dinklage lived in the Denver area and was an inexperienced snowshoer.

Southern New Mexico picked up 9 inches on snow on Sunday and Monday, closing 145 miles of Interstate 25, the state's major north-south highway.

"The semi-trucks are having a hard time," State Police Lt. Rick Anglada said, noting that three tractor-trailers had jackknifed on I-25 and 10 to 15 rigs had pulled off the roadway.

Some public schools in the southern and western parts of the state closed Monday.

Winter weather has also hit hard on the East Coast, bringing snow, sleet and freezing rain to Virginia, Washington, D.C., and Maryland and making roads treacherous.

An accident on Interstate 81 in Virginia killed one person and injured five, authorities said. Several school districts in northern and western Virginia were closed Monday.

In Colorado, 3 to 6 inches of snow fell across much of the Front Range, with more in the in the eastern plains and the mountains. Strong winds created whiteout conditions on the state's eastern plains. Dozens of schools opened late or closed Monday in eastern Colorado.

On Sunday, officials closed a long stretch of Interstate 70, from near Denver International Airport almost to the Kansas state line because of high winds, blowing snow, poor visibility and ice. The road had reopened by Monday morning.

In Oklahoma, where an ice storm disrupted power to as many as 125,000 homes and businesses more than a week ago, about 17,000 electrical customers remained without power early Monday — mostly in the eastern part of the state.

Hundreds of utility linemen worked through the night in hopes of restoring power by Monday or today, authorities said. But for some rural customers, it could be at least another week before the electricity is back on.

Warmer temperatures led to melting ice and snow that turned roads into slushy rivers, yards into quagmires and streams into rushing torrents.

Muddy roads and pastures caused some utility equipment to bog down, slowing its progress, said Michelann Ooten, spokeswoman for the Oklahoma Department of Emergency Management.

"Extremely muddy conditions in some areas are making it difficult for some electrical-restoration crews," Ooten said.

A pickup truck carrying radioactive materials used in pipeline scanning equipment was swept from a bridge and disappeared in a swollen creek in Oklahoma's Pittsburg County, said Undersheriff Richard Sexton. The truck's two occupants escaped unharmed, but efforts to locate the truck and its radioactive cargo were suspended after dark.

"The radioactive materials are still in the truck, and that's what we're worried about," Sexton said.

In Missouri, more than 45,000 people remained in the dark from the same storm.