Blizzard hammering central US leads to highway closures in at least 3 states

  • Blizzard Warnings stretch from Colorado to Minnesota.
  • Major highways in Kansas, Nebraska and Iowa closed Wednesday due to dangerous travel conditions.
  • Heavy snow and damaging winds are leading to whiteout conditions and power outages.

A powerful winter storm that’s blasting portions of the Plains and Upper Midwest has produced blizzard conditions in parts of Kansas as the region gets slammed with heavy snow , strong winds and even some thundersnow .

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The FOX Forecast Center said the storm was rapidly strengthening as it moved across the region on Wednesday, pulling in the widespread snow and strong winds on the backside of the low-pressure system…

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