A late-winter blizzard pounded U.S. Rocky Mountain and Plains states on Wednesda...
DENVER - A late-winter blizzard pounded U.S. Rocky Mountain and Plains states on Wednesday, unleashing a “bomb cyclone” of high winds and drifting snow that stranded motorists, canceled airline flights and forced government offices, schools and businesses to close.
Meteorologists call storms like this one a “bomb cyclone,” a winter hurricane that forms when the barometric pressure drops 24 millibars in 24 hours. All six runways at Denver International Airport were shut down, along with the main road into the airport due to drifting, blowing snow. An airport spokesman said 1,339 flights had been canceled as of mid-afternoon.
The police department in Northglenn, Colorado, tweeted a picture of a large tree that fell on a home, breaking through the roof. It was not immediately clear if anyone was hurt. Forecasters said they expect winds of up to 70 miles per hour to sweep across a wide area of states to the south, including New Mexico and parts of Texas, Oklahoma and Kansas.
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