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Solstice snowfall snarls traffic around Anchorage; more snow expected

A modest Sunday snowfall was snarling traffic in Anchorage.

As of 3:30 p.m., Anchorage Police Department emergency dispatchers had received 39 calls for vehicle accidents, according to dispatch supervisors. Six were accidents that involved non-life-threatening injuries.

Police had responded to 16 calls for vehicles in distress.

Only six-tenths of an inch of snow had been measured by mid-afternoon Sunday at the National Weather Service's Anchorage office in the Sand Lake area, said Michael Kutz, a service desk meteorologist.

Eastside neighborhoods were seeing closer to 2 inches around the same time, Kutz said.

Snow showers were expected to continue overnight, with 2-4 inches of snowfall expected in the Anchorage Bowl by Monday morning.

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