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Ice accumulations as high as 2–3 in (6 cm–9 cm) were recorded in these areas before the precipitation changed to snow. Up to 10 in (25.4 cm) of snow proceeded to fall on top of ice accumulations from the previous day, making travel even more treacherous. [3] Up to 1 inch of ice accumulation was reported as far south as Omaha, Nebraska. [4]
The storms resulted in 13 deaths (five in Colorado, [2] [3] two each in Nebraska and Illinois, and one each in Michigan, Iowa, Oklahoma, and Kansas), and caused power outages and school closings lasting up to a week in affected areas. The event was famously billed by the University of Nebraska-Lincoln as being a "two-hundred year storm". The ...
A surprise 200-year snow storm hits Lincoln and much of eastern Nebraska on October 25–26, crippling the city for nearly two weeks. 55,000 Lincoln Electric System customers lose power, including schools [31] and some of the city's water system pumps. 13.2 inches (34 cm) of snow is officially recorded in Lincoln for the date. [32]
The Nebraska Department of Transportation works to try and reopen Interstate 80 on Monday, after heavy snowfall totals hit the Nebraska Panhandle. (Photo/Nebraska DoT) It can certainly snow in May ...
A moderate snowstorm struck parts of southern and western Nebraska on Halloween night, making the rolling hills of Nebraska look a lot more jolly than scary, and snow continued through the morning ...
A wide area of the nation from Nebraska and Kansas through Ohio, Indiana, southwestern Pennsylvania, and northwestern Virginia could see from 1 inch to a foot of snow. Ice could knock out power ...
Much of the affected areas were already hit by a significant winter storm during the weekend of December 1 and December 2.Many areas had received close to three-quarters of an inch of ice from Nebraska to Illinois, causing tens of thousands of power outages and at least 16 deaths across nine states and the Canadian province of Quebec, the latter receiving a major snow storm.
The QEW in southern Niagara Region was closed from December 23 to 25 due to heavy snowfall and blizzard conditions. [50] In southern Niagara, snow drifts were so deep that most police vehicles and plows became stuck themselves and had to be abandoned until the snowfall subsided on December 25. [50]