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Major winter storm to bring 'ferocious blizzard conditions' and travel hazards
Travel in northeast New Mexico, eastern Colorado, the Oklahoma and Texas Panhandles, western Kansas and southwest Nebraska "will become extremely dangerous to impossible," the National Weather Service said.
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Jan. 8, 2024, 4:50 PM +04 / Updated Jan. 8, 2024, 5:54 PM +04
By Patrick Smith
Drivers were urged not to travel unless absolutely necessary on Monday as a vast storm system dumped inches of snow across the country and was set to cause "ferocious blizzard conditions" throughout Monday into Tuesday, the National Weather Service said.
The weather service said in an advisory early Monday that up to 2 inches of snow per hour could land in the central and southern Plains Monday night into Tuesday, with the snowstorm advancing into the Midwest.
A foot of snow had already landed in Massachusetts by Sunday afternoon, leaving 13,000 homes in the state without power. That number had dropped to 5,600 by Monday morning.
Snow and hazardous conditions are also expected in the interior Northeast throughout Tuesday, while a blizzard is expected in the Plains of northeast New Mexico, eastern Colorado, the Oklahoma and Texas Panhandles, western Kansas and southwest Nebraska.
"Wind gusts as high as 60-70 mph will create