Big Storms in the Midwest

Big Storms in the Midwest. Near blizzard(1) conditions in Colo-rado and Wyoming, big snows closed and brought down power lines for thousands. Power Company spokesman Steve Rolstead in Denver says, "We’ve received anywhere between 8 and 12 inches of extremely(2) heavy wet snow. That snow in turn weighed down our transmission(3) lines, it knocked trees into our transmission and distribution(4) lines. And as a result knocked out power to thousands upon thousands of our customers”.

Those snowstorms closed schools and highways as well. The stormy weather brought more rain to the Dakota where flooding(5) is imminent(6) and brought tornados(7) in Iowa that killed at least one person.

美国中西部遭受暴风雪袭击

中西部连降暴风雪。暴风雪正席卷科罗拉多和怀俄明两州，关闭和压倒了电力公司无数电线。电力公司发言人斯蒂夫•罗斯特在丹佛说：“到处覆盖着８到12英寸厚厚的积雪，积雪压倒了我们的传输电线。积雪压倒树木,树木然后压断输线和分配线，结果导致无数用户停电”。

暴风雪还迫使学校与高速公路关闭，暴风的天气给达科塔地区带来了更多的降雨，可能导致洪水泛滥，它还给爱华达州带来了龙卷风，造成至少一人死亡。