The nation’s midsection dealt with its second blizzard in one week on Feb. 25, closing highways, knocking out power to thousands in Texas and Oklahoma, and even bringing hurricane-force winds to the Texas Panhandle. At least three deaths were blamed on the blizzard.
Pictured: Joe Moore, left, and Matthew Garcia tossed snowballs around a fallen tree that blocks Roanoke Parkway in Kansas City, Mo., on Feb. 26.
SCENES FROM THE MIDWEST SNOWSTORMS
The nation’s midsection dealt with its second blizzard in one week on Feb. 25, closing highways, knocking out power to thousands in Texas and Oklahoma, and even bringing hurricane-force winds to the Texas Panhandle. At least three deaths were blamed on the blizzard.
Pictured: Joe Moore, left, and Matthew Garcia tossed snowballs around a fallen tree that blocks Roanoke Parkway in Kansas City, Mo., on Feb. 26.
Up to 4 inches of wet, heavy snow smothered metro Chicago, while as much as 7½ inches blanketed some northern suburbs, said Matt Friedlein, a meteorologist with the National Weather Service in northern Illinois. Footprints coming from and leading back to Anish Kapoor's sculpture "Cloud Gate" in Chicago's Millennium Park, remained as a winter storm of rain and snow began on Feb. 26.
Tedd Hendrix, of Sedalia, Mo., freed a line of cable from downed branches, as he worked to tie the line off so that it was elevated and out of the road.
Mail carrier Tequilia Brock endured the wet heavy snow as a winter storm moved through Arlington Heights, Ill.
Doug Hughes and Liz Hughes, visiting St. Joseph, Mo., from Houston, took advantage of seeing snow for the first time this year. The couple, both in their 60s, made two attempts at building a snowman with emphasis on making the second snowman taller.
Lloyd Anderson, 88, used a snow blower with a canopy to clear his driveway on Lover's Lane in St. Joseph, Mo.
Steve Parks shoveled snow dressed as the Statue of Liberty in front of Liberty Tax in Lombard, Ill.
Drifted snow nearly buried a street sign in rural Pratt County, Kan., on Feb. 26.
Workers with CN Railroad cleared snow off the switches near the National Mississippi River Museum and Aquarium in Dubuque, Iowa.
The blizzard brought 50 mile-per-hour wind gusts and more than 11 inches of snow to the Amarillo and Texas Panhandle on Feb. 25, making travel nearly impossible.
Pictured: Amarillo emergency personnel assisted a stranded motorist on the I-40 service road.
Cattle stood in blizzard conditions in Lubbock, Texas.
At least four deaths were linked to the first storm, including three from traffic accidents brought on by gusty winds and snow-covered roadways.
Pictured: Nolan Driver, 12, of Minden, Iowa, cleared his sidewalk on Feb. 22.
The snowstorm left behind varying amounts of snow and ice across the Midwest, causing difficult travel conditions. Powerful wind gusts created large snow drifts on many roadways, making navigating the slick conditions a challenge.
Pictured: Snow obscured street signs in Kansas City, Mo.
An abandoned car sat in a ditch along the I-635 in Kansas City, Kansas, on Feb. 21.
Jackie Arrandondo, 19, was covered with snow as she waited for the city bus in Minneapolis.
Rick Branstetter of Avoca, Iowa, cleaned his driveway and sidewalks on Feb. 22.
Billie Byrd of Des Moines cleared the steps of the Iowa Capitol on Feb. 22 after the overnight snowstorm dumped 6 inches in Des Moines.
Josh Buschbom shoveled out his snow-filled truck bed in Des Moines.
A motorist drove along a wet and icy road, passing icicle-filled fences along 5 Points Road in Franklin Township, Ind.
A man used a snowblower to clear his driveway in Eagan, Minn.
Amy Wolf and her daughter Audrey Wolf, 6, shoveled the sidewalk in Minneapolis.
