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High winds and blizzard conditions persist in Iowa, travel not advised

CLEAR LAKE - Windy conditions across the majority of the state continue to create low visibility and drifting snow resulting in hazardous driving conditions. Travel is not advised,
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CLEAR LAKE – Windy conditions across the majority of the state continue to create low visibility and drifting snow resulting in hazardous driving conditions. Travel is not advised throughout most of the western half of the state. Many roadways are impassible due to crashed or stranded vehicles.

The Iowa Department of Transportation and Iowa State Patrol are working with other emergency partners to clear roads and crashes quickly but blowing snow can cause roadways to quickly become blocked again due to drifting and crashes.

Iowa DOT reminds travelers that trips during severe winter weather can take three or four times longer than normal. Motorists are urged to monitor weather and road conditions before traveling and delay the trip if at all possible. Road condition information is available from the resources listed at the Iowa 511 website at 511ia.org.

At noon Wednesday, a state trooper reported, “Vehicles are piling up, and visibility is nearly zero. We urge everyone: DO NOT TRAVEL unless absolutely necessary! YOUR LIFE (and the lives of first responders) are being PUT AT RISK!”

PHOTO: Sergeant Schaffer (Highway 20 WB – 2 miles West of I-35).

(TOP PHOTO via Clear Lake police.)

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This is obviously a result of climate change, anon1 needs to pay more taxes so the government can fix it — just like they solved: homelessness, the drug problem, etm.

You have ADS…..anon1derangementsyndrome. Keep up the good work. Amusing us all, day by day.

Democrats fault. Ask trump he will tell you the same thing.

Truth hurt? Different than listening to O’Biden eh?

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