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Heavy snowstorm hits Colorado on its way east (AP)

Truck drivers Kevin Kropf, 32, of Montrose, Colo., left, and  Edwin Hostetler, of Hotchkiss, Colo., prepare a cattle truck with chins before heading up I-70 as a snow storm hits the Denver metro area Friday, Feb. 3, 2012 in Denver.  A powerful winter storm swept across Colorado on Friday as it headed east, bringing blizzard warnings to eastern Colorado and winter storm warnings for southeast Wyoming, western Kansas and western Nebraska. The storm stretched as far south as New Mexico, where Department of Transportation reported difficult driving conditions on several state highways because of the winter weather, leaving highways snow packed and icy. (AP Photo/Barry Gutierrez)AP - The most powerful storm of the winter season pounded Colorado and parts of neighboring states on Friday, creating whiteout conditions on the eastern plains, cancelling more than 600 flights in Denver and closing hundreds of miles of highway between major Colorado cities and the Kansas border.


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