Wind-whipped winter storm pounds Great Plains; stay off roads, authorities warn

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A deadly snowstorm packing hurricane-force wind pummeled the Great Plains on Monday, the second bout of fierce winter weather there in less than a week. Authorities pleaded with people to stay off the roads.

Wind gusts of 75 mph were recorded at the airport in Amarillo, Texas, and up to a foot and a half of snow was on the ground — the most in at least 110 years. At least one city fire truck was stuck.

“This is a really nasty blizzard,” said Greg Postel, a meteorologist with The Weather Channel.

The storm was being blamed for at least two deaths: In the town of Woodward, Okla., heavy snow caused a roof to collapse, killing one person inside the home, Oklahoma Highway Patrol told NBC News. And in northwest Kansas, a 21-year-old man was killed when his SUV overturned on an icy patch of Internate-70, according to Kansas Emergency Management officials.

Source: NBC News – Wind-whipped winter storm pounds Great Plains; stay off roads, authorities warn

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