Winter Storm Kayla is sweeping the state of Nebraska, and the Nebraska State Patrol says whiteout conditions and snow-covered roads are making travel treacherous and not recommended.
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Even in areas where snowfall has stopped, such as central Nebraska and northwest Kansas, strong winds gusting up to 60 miles per hour were likely to blow the fallen snow around, leading to ground blizzards.
Heavy snow has begun falling in Omaha, after an earlier dusting.
There were reports of damage in Collinsville to a church and several homes, said Dinah Farmer with the Lauderdale County Emergency Management.
Connor Baird, a forecaster with the National Weather Service in Birmingham, Alabama, said all or parts of three counties – Tuscaloosa, Pickens and Carroll – were under tornado warnings. People look at debris after a storm passed through the Sapps mobile home park destroying many homes in Sapps, Ala., just outside of Aliceville on Tuesday, Feb. 2, 2016.
National Weather Service meteorologist Kyle Fredin said the storm was expected to drop up to 10 inches of snow in Denver by the time it moves out of the area late Tuesday morning, heading toward Kansas and Nebraska.
Kayla also caused a large pileup that closed Interstate 80 near the California/Nevada state line as the storm got rolling.
Back in the Midwest, the livestock felt the pain of the winter storm too.
The number of Nebraska utility customers without power because of the snow and wind has been cut to less than 4,000 by midday Tuesday.
The hub now suffering the most is Denver International Airport, which canceled 480 flights due to the storm.
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On Tuesday night, the low temperature will be in the single digits, with wind chill values as low as -1 degrees, the weather service said. Taylor had the day off from school and they were going to Starbucks.
