That exploded this morning. Again that couple was able to get out safely. Not only was their house burned but take a look at house next door to theirs. It also caught fire and suffered some damage. Just to give you an idea of how strong this explosion was, i noticed this burned propane tank across the street on the ground there. I have been speaking to people that live in this area. There is a lot that have come out to see what is going on. They say after this explosion happened, even blocks away, they felt their homes shake. This was again a very serious fire and thankfully nobody got hurt this morning. We are live in denver Lindsay Watts, denver 7. Thank you. And of course our director andy lives in that area. He says his wife heard it, saw it. That will be something. Its pretty intense. Good morning, to you imeric lupher. And im dayle cedars. The huge snowstorm that is we were talking about this how the Weather Channel and everyone is starting to name snowstorms. Here in colorado wh
Precipitation has done. 4 00 this afternoon, looking promising. But watch as the snow bands lift to the north of denver and its much lighter now in our area. Not as much activity going on. The storm system is gradually getting organized. But even down to the south of us, along the pass, not that much snow. Its a big storm associate theres rain and snow all the way back to the west coast. The lull is back in las vegas, hours. Huge coverage warnings in california, winter storm warnings all the way into colorado and into central nebraska and kansas. Cory is out in the snow with storm tracker, and it looks like its picking up reporter its picking up a little bit, mike. We have had very light snow throughout the dayyso far. Here in the littleton area, the snow is starting to pick up just a little bit. The one thing i want to pass on is that road crews may be able to keep up with this. If it keeps up at this rate through the night, and thats very possible, crews may be able to keep up with t
The school bus crashed into another bus in a car crashed into a parked Denver Police suv. The driver of the car and one of the bus drivers were cited for driving too fast in the icy conditions. Right now denver7 is on the roads tracking the Current Conditions for you. , sevens Russell Haythorn northeast of denver. How are they looking where you are this evening . Reporter it is starting to accumulate here. This is the snow in a parking lot here and we have a couple 2 to 3 inches of snow that has accumulated at this hour. What you are lloking at is a new first alert Storm Tracker snow tracker if you will. This is the maiden voyage, made in storm and this is equipped with all of the latest state of the art Cutting Edge Technology including satellite capabilities, cellular capabilities and its own weather station right here we have a weather device. It is picking up 9 mileper hour winds out of the east which means the upslope flow is having the potential to drop a lot of snow in the metro
Were going down to Single Digits if not below zero. Any of the wet spots are going to ice up so be very careful. Well let you know when we might get back to freezing in a few mince. A dangerous drive out there as mike was inceptioning. Those roads are pretty slick. Take a look at i70 east of 225. You can see, based on this picture that the snow is definitely piled up there. The roads lack like theyre pretty clear. The plows have done a pretty gooddjob. But again those roads definitely slick. Any wet spots tonight are expected to get very slick so be careful. I70 east is closed from limon to kansas because of all the dangerous driving conditions. The roads in and around the metro will only get worse as it gets later and the temperature drops, freezing all that melting snow. Molly hendrickson is on the road. Molly, how are the conditions where you are right now . Reporter we really cant theres actually not a lot of traffic right now as we head down i25 north, and the roads arent even ver
But its the side streets that are the problem areas. Theres a lot of slushy snow that pulls your tires in different directions. Were about to hop onto i25 to show you what were about. About seeing there. Conditions already improving hopping onto the onramp. And most of i25 is pretty dry. It is wet in spots, and the further south you travel, were travelling north, the further south you go, conditions get a little worse. But just really answer some slush on the roadways. So just take it slow if youre headed out and watch for the slick spots on bridges and overpasses. Back to you. Certainly a concern with the temps dipping tonight. Thanks, molly. And denver 7 was on the tarmac this morning as dia worked hard year as they should air as they could. Travel was much easier today. 146 flights were canceled. 300 were delayed. A big storm for snow totals. 2 feet for nederland to el dorado springs. 16 just northwest of boulder. Louisville had 15. 14 in arvada. And the list goes o. This was a big