Another bomb cyclone is set to hit the midwest region for the second time in a month.
Heavy snow and strong winds have already knocked out power for tens of thousands of people, while creating dangerous travel conditions. Yesterday, Denver International Airport issued hundreds of canceled flights as parts of South Dakota saw up to 18 inches of snow.
“Hundreds of schools canceled classes in Minnesota, Nebraska and South Dakota, where the governor closed state offices in much of the state for a second day Thursday because of dangerous road conditions,” reported AP. The Minnesota State Patrol revealed that they have responded to more than 200 crashes statewide since Wednesday, April 10, while the National Guard stood ready to rescue any stranded motorists.
Western Nebraska and northwest Kansas are both experiencing whiteout conditions, with blizzard-like conditions expected to linger into early Friday in Minnesota.
Check out photos of the spring blizzard sweeping across the Midwest below:
Wednesday April 10, 2019
Ice forms on a calf at a ranch outside of Kilgore, Nebraska.
A bomb cyclone storm bringing heavy snow and strong winds to several Rockies and Plains states is making travel difficult in many areas and impossible in others.
Officials have closed Interstate 29 in northeastern South Dakota and say other stretches of interstates are likely to close later.
Tree branches fall from trees after icy rain and snow in Sioux Falls, South Dakota.
Icicles hang from a light in Sioux Falls, South Dakota.
North Dakota State University student Adam Wiczek, of Andover, Minn., rakes leaves outside the Alpha Gamme Rho fraternity at the start of a blizzard in Fargo, North Dakota.
Members of the Alpha Gamma Rho fraternity on the campus of North Dakota State University rake leaves as a blizzard rolls into Fargo, North Dakota.
Sean Hermes, of the fraternity members from Oakes, N.D., says the group “wanted to “keep the yard looking a nice” ahead of a storm that was expected to drop up to a foot of snow in the Fargo area.
Xavier Castillo of Endres Window Cleaning finishes up a set of windows on the Profinium building in downtown Mankato, Minnesota as snow falls.
United States Postal Service city carrier Chad Jacobs delivers mail along 16th Avenue Northwest as snow falls in Rochester, Minnesota.
Jacobs said he doesn’t mind cold and prefers it over hot days.
A truck travels east on Interstate 80 during a blizzard warning hitting southeast Wyoming and the Colorado Front Range in Cheyenne.
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People in Colorado and Wyoming were urged to get home early Wednesday and stay there before snow and wind from a powerful spring storm make travel all but impossible.
A dog is seen peeking over a chain link fence along Parsley Boulevard during a blizzard warning hitting southeast Wyoming and the Colorado Front Range in Cheyenne, Wyoming.
A calf runs through an ice field on a ranch outside of Kilgore, Nebraska.
Officials have closed Interstate 29 in northeastern South Dakota and say other stretches of interstates are likely to close later.
David Heinold walks his dog Max through the snow in Sioux Falls, South Dakota.
A pedestrian walks across Warren Avenue during a blizzard warning hitting southeast Wyoming and the Colorado Front Range in Cheyenne, Wyoming.
Pedestrians wait to cross University Ave on the University of Wisconsin-Madison campus as snow falls in Madison, Wisconsin.
An unidentified man sleeps on his luggage in Denver International Airport Wednesday, April 10, 2019, in Denver.
Forecasters are predicting from four to 10 inches of snow for northeastern Colorado as the storm sweeps over the intermountain West Wednesday evening and into Thursday.
A Frontier Airlines representative talks with passengers as they wait to rebook their flights in Denver International Airport in Denver. Snow mixed with strong winds is expected to make travel difficult to impossible Wednesday afternoon.
The Colorado Department of Transportation warned that highways closures were probable and that the Denver area and Colorado’s Eastern Plains would be the hardest hit by the storm.
Traffic backs up along 56th Avenue as a spring storm rolls in before the evening rush hour in Denver. B
Blizzard warnings have been issued for the northern half of Colorado’s heavily populated Front Range region, including Denver, as well as the state’s northeastern plains through midday Thursday.
This March 2019 photo provided by Henry Red Cloud, shows flooding on Cloud’s Lakota Solar Enterprises property on the Pine Ridge Reservation in southern South Dakota.
Red Cloud estimates flood damage at $250,000.
Another photo provided by Henry Red Cloud, shows flooding on Cloud’s Lakota Solar Enterprises property on the Pine Ridge Reservation in southern South Dakota.
Plains and Midwest states are bracing for another massive winter storm Wednesday and Thursday and the prospect of renewed flooding when the snow melts.
AP contributed to this post.