Blizzard Conditions Bear Down on Central US, Closing Schools and Highways

Blizzard Conditions Bear Down on Central US, Closing Schools and Highways
A flock of turkeys crosses Forsberg Street in Worcester, Mass., after a winter storm, on Jan. 7, 2024. Allan Jung/Worcester Telegram & Gazette via AP
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OMAHA, Neb.—A “highly impactful” winter storm delivered a punch to the country’s midsection on Monday, with blizzard conditions dumping as much as a foot or more of snow and shutting down schools and highways in several Midwest states.

Through Tuesday, snow as deep as 8 to 12 inches (20 to 30 centimeters) could blanket a broad area stretching from southeastern Colorado all the way to the Upper Peninsula of Michigan, including western Kansas, eastern Nebraska, large parts of Iowa, northern Missouri and northwestern Illinois, said Bob Oravec, a forecaster with the National Weather Service in College Park, Maryland.