The Great Outdoors Colorado under a Blizzard today
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Fort Collins is a typical city described as the Great Outdoors. Fort Collins with wide portions of Colorado is under a Blizzard Warning until midnight tonight, issued by the National Weather Service.
Snow crews continue to clear arterials and emergency routes. Visitors and locals are urged tol avoid travel unless it is truly an emergency.
Electroc Companies in Colorado are dealing with tree branches downing lines, Xcel crews are dealing with damage done by snow piling up on electric poles.
Of the 7,500 total outages for Xcel, about 5,500 of them are in Northern Colorado.
Janice Dean has your FoxCast.
Colorado’s governor is activating his state’s National Guard Friday for assistance in search-and-rescue missions as a major winter storm that some forecasters are describing as a potential blockbuster blizzard is set to dump feet of snow across the region.
The oncoming blast of wintry weather is expected to last through Sunday and leave up to 48 inches of snow in parts of Colorado, including up to 30 near Boulder and Fort Collins and 24 in Denver, the National Weather Service (NWS) said. Winter Storm Warnings and Watches are also in effect for portions of Nebraska, South Dakota and Wyoming, which could see up to 34 inches of snow and wind gusts as high as 50 mph in areas around Cheyenne.