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Tom Giamalva, owner of Palace Show Services, clears away snow from the sidewalk in front of his business on North Main Street on Tuesday, Jan. 26, 2021, after a snowstorm in Rockford, Ill. Many schools and businesses closed as the storm moved across the Midwest and officials urged drivers to stay off the roads. (Scott P. Yates/Rockford Register Star via AP) January 26, 2021 - 1:09 PM
OMAHA, Neb. - A major winter storm dumped more than a foot of snow on parts of the middle of the country while another system blanketed parts of the Southwest with snow, disrupting travel for a second consecutive day Tuesday and shuttering many schools.
Jan 26, 2021
The Cascade Shores General Store is shrouded in a blanket of white snow after the storm system moved through Nevada County. (Liz Kellar/The Union via AP)
OMAHA, Neb. (AP) A major winter storm dropped more than a foot of snow on parts of Nebraska and Iowa, disrupting traffic and shuttering some schools, while blanketing other parts of the middle of the country with snow that continued to fall this morning.
There were early closures of several coronavirus testing sites on Monday in Nebraska and Iowa, and both states saw 12 or 13 inches of snow in places by this morning. At least 4 inches of snow was expected into today across most of an area stretching from central Kansas northeast to Chicago and southern Michigan.
A major winter storm dumped more than a foot of snow on parts of the middle of the country while another system blanketed parts of the Southwest with snow
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A blockbuster snowstorm hit portions of the central and northeastern U.S. Tuesday, causing travel headaches and closing some coronavirus testing sites.
Weather service meteorologist Taylor Nicolaisen said 10 to 15 inches of snow was likely between York, Nebraska, and Des Moines, Iowa, by the time the storm wraps up later Tuesday.
It has been at least 15 years since that area received more than a foot of snow in a single storm. This is historic snow, said Nicolaisen, who is based near Omaha, Nebraska.
More than 14 inches had fallen in parts of eastern Nebraska by the morning, leading to early closures of several coronavirus testing sites in the state as well as Iowa.
OMAHA, Neb. â A major winter storm blanketed parts of the middle of the country with snow that was forecast into late Tuesday in some areas, disrupting traffic and closing some coronavirus testing sites.
The National Weather Service said at least 4 inches of snow is expected across most of an area stretching from central Kansas northeast to Chicago and southern Michigan. Parts of southeast Nebraska and western Iowa could get more than three times that much by Tuesday morning.
More than 10 inches of snow had already fallen in parts of eastern Nebraska by Monday evening, leading to early closures of several coronavirus testing sites in the state as well as Iowa.