Blizzards and ice making for white, and dangerous, Christmas in Plains
Blizzard warnings were affecting around 720,000 people from northwestern Kansas and Colorado to most of South Dakota
It’ll be a white Christmas in parts of the Great Plains, and then some.
Blizzard warnings were affecting around 720,000 people from northwestern Kansas and Colorado to most of South Dakota, the National Weather Service said, while ice and sleet were affecting other parts of the region.
Nebraska State Patrol / via XNorth Platte, Nebraska, saw around 2 inches of snow Monday morning, which was its first white Christmas since 2017, forecasters there said.
It wasn’t all fun: The Nebraska State Patrol said that the storm was causing problems and posted pictures to social media of tractor-trailers that had partially slid off the road. On Interstate 80, blowing snow on a sheet of ice caused two big rigs to block the highway.
Two rigs block the road on I-80 between Grand Island and Lincoln, Neb., on Christmas Day.Nebraska State Patrol / via XThe Nebraska State Patrol said the storm was causing problems and posted pictures to social media of tractor-trailers that had partly slid off the road.Nebraska State Patrol / via X“Great day to stay inside if travel isn’t necessary,” the law enforcement agency said on X.
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