NO TRAVEL IN CENTRAL IOWA

NO TRAVEL IS RECOMMENDED THROUGH CENTRAL IOWA BECAUSE OF THE WINTER STORM THAT HAS STRUCK THE STATE.

JESSICA LOWN OF THE IOWA D-O-T SAYS INTERSTATE 35 IS SHUTDOWN BETWEEN AMES AND ALBERT LEA, MINNESOTA BECAUSE OF SEVERAL CRASHES:



THREE PEOPLE DIED IN A CHAIN REACTION CRASH INVOLVING OVER TWO DOZEN VEHICLES ON I-35 NEAR THE HAMILTON AND WRIGHT COUNTY LINE.  LOWN SAYS 50 MILE AN HOUR WINDS CREATED ZERO VISIBILITY:

SOME AREAS IN THAT PART OF THE STATE HAVE RECEIVED OVER 13 INCHES OF SNOW. NATIONAL GUARD TROOPS DRIVING HUMVEES ARE TRYING TO RESCUE STRANDED MOTORISTS.

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