2013-10-05

med_cat: (Winter London)
2013-10-05 03:51 pm
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Snowstorms

Wow, snow already (and worse):


Great Plains digs out of heavy snow, storm debris




Brenda Nolting, of Rapid City, S.D., rolls her cart to her car after stocking up on necessities Friday, Oct. 4, 2013 at a local supermarket in Rapid City. An early snow storm has swept through Wyoming and western South Dakota, dropping more than a foot of snow in places. (AP Photo/Steve McEnroe)

Associated Press

PIERRE, S.D. (AP) — In the span of 24 hours, the scenic Black Hills in South Dakota were coated in up to three and a half feet of wet, heavy snow, one of several Great Plains states walloped by a storm system that's caused millions of dollars in damage.

National Weather Service meteorologist Katie Pojorlie said the snow was expected to end later Saturday, giving people a chance to start digging out from the unusual, record-setting early fall snowstorm.

Read more: http://news.yahoo.com/great-plains-digs-heavy-snow-storm-debris-170540930.html