Stormy End-to-strands holiday travelers
Snowstorm and strong wind on the nation Centre of thousands of passengers stranded Thanksgiving, Sunday and yesterday, as several major highways were closed.At least four people died in car accidents time and many travellers were held unexpectedly stay in emergency shelters and hotels, they are waiting for the motorways of the reopening of Colorado, Kansas, Nebraska and Dakota South.
“We were concerned that we may have to spend the night in the car,” said Beulah Brown, 68, remained on a space built in the protection of the National Guard Armory in Russell, Kan., Sunday evening and yesterday evening on the way home from Wichita to Morland, Kan. “I think we will be happy if we go home tomorrow.
Some 240 people remained in the room with weapons and Russell County 4-H building yesterday, eating chicken, pasta and carrots for dinner and play cards and movies to relax. Some were concerned about the lack of work, but were largely in good spirits, said John Degand, a volunteer for the Red Cross.
Wind speed is increased to 69 mph in parts of Colorado and Kansas yesterday that Blizzard warnings and snow and six feet high in some localities, “said Jeremy Martin, a Forecaster for the weather service nationally.
275 miles of a trail of Interstate 70 in Kansas and Colorado was closed yesterday. More than 20 cars were in an accident on a five-mile distance from the Interstate on Sunday due to poor visibility. “There were cars everywhere,” said Eric Wynn, a spokesman for the Colorado State Patrol. “We were going down to the blackout.”
Interstate 90 was closed in most parts of South Dakota yesterday. In Nebraska, one of 200 route miles of Interstate 80 was closed and a customs duty of ice accumulated on power lines, causing power outages in 10 counties.
He wind speeds up to 60 km / h and more than a foot of snow in the central part of the country, said Brian Hirsch, a Forecaster for the National Weather Service in North Platte, Neb.
“Mother Nature makes the road crews” nil tests, “said Hirsch.” They strike the definition of exceptions, but the differences come again. ”
Two people in Kansas and one in Nebraska and South Dakota died on Sunday and yesterday, after the driver lost control. A man of 33 years, died Sunday in Arkansas, where a tornado that was part of the same system brought a storm of the car, it was reflected inside and him more than one Inter State.
Tornadoes in Kansas, Arkansas and Sunday also damaged 32 homes at Fort Riley, Kan., and knocked the power of 8000 customers in Arkansas.
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