St. Louis

Snow and ice are seen covering up Mississippi River and downtown St. Louis Wednesday, Jan. 8, 2014. (AP Photo/Kiichiro Sato)

The deep freeze finally startedto relent Wednesday afternoon, but problems still lingered across the eastern half of the nation.

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As travel advisories lifted, drivers headed back to work. But some found stubborn, cold cars wouldn't start. AAA Mid-Atlantic reported Wednesday that calls for assistance reached unprecedented levels on Tuesday, when the deep freeze was at its worst.

Plumbers were also overloaded on business, as homeowners and workers found pipes had frozen and burst as a result of the cold.

At least 29 deaths have been blamed on the winter weather, and that number could rise as coroners complete autopsies this week.

Below are details on lingering impacts, as told state-by-state.

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Indiana

Hoosiers have started returning to work after three days of heavy snowfall and subzero temperatures only to find their commutes full of snow-rutted roads and buildings damaged by burst water pipes. Damage from frozen water pipes that burst includes a ceiling collapse and a flooded wing at a northwestern Indiana nursing home and extensive flooding at the Lebanon Boys and Girls Club in central Indiana.

Drivers who hadn't ventured out since before Sunday's heavy snow found themselves navigating major thoroughfares still clogged Wednesday with slush or rutted from stubborn packed snow. The Indianapolis Department of Public Works is asking drivers to be patient.

Authorities have blamed the combination of inclement conditions for six deaths in central Indiana.

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A state education department spokesman says Indiana schools closed during this week's bitter cold won't have to make up at least two of those missed days.

Illinois

Authorities, businesses and residents around Illinois are beginning to count the costs. Municipalities are already facing empty road salt reserves, blown overtime budgets for snowplow drivers and expensive repairs to water mains blown apart by ice. They're not dire financial straits but several cities expect to have to pinch other areas of their budgets. On the plus side, the mild winters of recent years were a break.

The power was out at the Vienna Correctional Center in southern Illinois for about ten hours. Illinois Department of Corrections officials say there were no health or behavior issues due to the outage. Prison officials say severe weather required additional power, which strained the prison's power system.

At least six deaths have been blamed on the extreme weather.

Maryland

Six deaths are blamed on the weather here in Maryland.

Michigan

Hundreds of schools remained closed in southern Michigan on Wednesday, and some said they would stay shut Thursday as well. Driving conditions remained hazardous.

A semi crash north of Monroe shut down part of Interstate 75 for several hours Wednesday morning. No injuries were reported. Authorities in Monroe County had been warning people to stay off the roads.

Michigan authorities blame the heavy snow and deep freeze for at least seven deaths — four people who collapsed after shoveling snow and three killed in traffic accidents.

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Minnesota

Lakeville authorities say family members found a woman in her 30s outside her home Tuesday afternoon. Police say there was evidence of hypothermia before she died, but an autopsy will be done to confirm the cause of death.

Mississippi

Harrison County Coroner Gary Hargrove says a 59-year-old man was found in a tent in Gulfport on Monday died of hypothermia. His body was found about five miles from a Salvation Army shelter.

The east Mississippi town of Quitman is experiencing low water pressure, likely due to record cold temperatures in recent days. Clarke County Emergency Management Director Eddie Ivy says Wednesday that the motor went out on the main well and the backup system doesn't appear to be working properly. Ivy says crews are assessing the situation and working on repairing the system. He says the schools, hospital and nursing home in Quitman either have bottled water available or backup water systems. Residents are being urged to conserve water, and a boil-water notice is expected.

Missouri

The St. Louis Post-Dispatch reports that a pipe burst Tuesday night inside , collapsing the ceiling of the 911 dispatch center in the basement. Police Chief Tim Fitch says it doesn't appear that equipment was damaged. The department moved dispatchers to the county's emergency operations center in Chesterfield. Police say 911 calls were not disrupted.

Two fatal wrecks are blamed on winter weather in Missouri. St. Louis police say a 20-year-old woman from Creve Coeur, Ill. died Monday. A deadly accident also took the life of a 1-year-old boy Monday near St. Joseph, when the car he was in was hit by a snow plow.

Ohio

At least four deaths appear to be linked to the weather in Ohio. The Guernsey County sheriff's office, in eastern Ohio, reported that a man found dead on a frozen lake apparently died of hypothermia after he set out on a walk Monday evening. University Hospitals in Cleveland said one person treated for hypothermia died there on Monday. A medical examiner in Cleveland also was looking into the death of a man found outside Tuesday morning.

A 90-year-old Northwest Ohio woman died Monday in Wauseon after her car got stuck in the snow and she tried to walk home. Also Monday, a woman's body was found frozen in the snow at a trailer park near Athens.

Multiple floors in the Columbus Police Dept. were reported to be flooded Tuesday after a sprinkler pipe burst on the eighth floor because of the freezing weather.

Wisconsin

There were no immediate reports of fatalities, but Wisconsin emergency officials were investigating whether three deaths Friday were related to the freezing temperatures. The deaths were in Ashland, Marquette and Milwaukee counties.

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St. Louis

Snow and ice are seen covering up Mississippi River and downtown St. Louis Wednesday, Jan. 8, 2014. (AP Photo/Kiichiro Sato)