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Heavy snow storms in the US
Earlier this week, the western and central US states found themselves at the mercy of the cold snap and snowfall. For three days the snow cover in some areas exceeded one meter. Due to bad weather in some areas closed schools and government agencies. Snowfalls and blizzards caused the death of 10 people in the United States.
Shod in snowshoes, Tom Morini is another during a snowstorm in Derry, New Hampshire, on Wednesday 9 December. Meteorologists promise that in some parts of New Hampshire will drop to 30 cm of snow.
Students of the University of Wisconsin-Madison play snowballs on Bascom Hill in Madison, Wisconsin. (Andy Manis / Getty Images)
A passing driver helps to push the car out of the snow in Des Moines, Iowa, on Wednesday. In some parts of the states of Illinois, Wisconsin and Iowa expected more than 30 cm of snow. The National Weather Service has promised an "extremely dangerous snowstorms" and almost zero visibility on the roads. Gusts up to 80 mph could create snow drifts from two to four meters. (Charlie Neibergall / AP)
9-year-old Jordan Millard got hit in the head with snow from 10-year-old Evan Cox on Wednesday, December 9, after elementary school MacLaine and other schools in West Bend, Wisconsin, were closed for the day due to heavy snowfall. (Andrew Link / West Bend Daily News)
Tom Blankenheim, a business owner for export and sale of charcoal, removes snow from directions to his house and to the house of a neighbor in Madison, Wisconsin. Madison and adjacent neighborhood filled up from 38 to 45 cm of snow, and meteorologists report that this is not the limit. (Andy Manis / Getty Images)
Trucks in the traffic jam on the way to the parking lot in Des Moines, Iowa. (Charlie Neibergall / AP)
Children walk up the hill to pull off her during a snowfall, which was held by the United States and came to New England in Concord, New Hampshire. (Jim Cole / AP)
Passerby walking on snow-covered street during the first snowfall of the season in Albany, New York. (Mike Groll / AP)
The sun rises over the dome in the Henry Doorly Zoo in Omaha, Nebraska. (Nati Harnik / AP)
Man goes through the steam, hiding from the rain under an umbrella, in Philadelphia. In Philadelphia and New York on a forecast of only rain, but does not exclude the likelihood of snow and ice. (Matt Rourke / AP)
Help the driver to push the car into the street in Albany, New York, during the first snowfall of the season. (Mike Groll / AP)
Charlie Gorodon walking their dogs and Misty Flerri during a snowstorm in Montpelier, Vermont. Gordon worked as a teacher, helped her daughter delivered newspapers as well as due to snow on his work declared holiday. (Toby Talbot / AP)
Marlon Cabrera (left) and Peter Palomeque rake snow with directions on the street 19th St. In Des Moines, Iowa, on Wednesday morning on 9 December. (Rodney White / The Des Moines Register)
Drivers on Highway 215 near Parleys Canyon stuck in traffic during the morning snowfall in Salt Lake City on Tuesday. Patrol Utah reported 76 accidents with damage to private property in the districts of Salt Lake and Utah in the period between midnight and 10 am. (Jeffrey D. Allred / AP)
Pedestrian jumps over the snowdrift, crossing the street, in the heart of Omaha, Nebraska. (Nati Harnik / AP)
Girl goes to ground transition during a snowfall in Des Moines, Iowa. (Charlie Neibergall / AP)
Thomas Dalton (right) from Oceanside, NY, removes from the car snow chain near Big Bear Lake, California. (Jae C. Hong / AP)
Joseph Mospan rake the snow in front of his house in Arrouber Lake, California. (Jae C. Hong / AP)
Paul Dreher, a worker on the operational maintenance of buildings, check the roof for damage in the suburbs of Omaha, Nebraska. (Nati Harnik / AP)
9-year-old Alex belly removes snow shovel at the entrance to his house in Clarence, a suburb of Buffalo, New York, on 10 December. (David Duprey / AP)
Nick Groub of Oakland, Iowa, climbed onto the snow to put money in the meter on a paid parking lot. (Nati Harnik / AP)
Shod in snowshoes, Tom Morini is another during a snowstorm in Derry, New Hampshire, on Wednesday 9 December. Meteorologists promise that in some parts of New Hampshire will drop to 30 cm of snow.
Students of the University of Wisconsin-Madison play snowballs on Bascom Hill in Madison, Wisconsin. (Andy Manis / Getty Images)
A passing driver helps to push the car out of the snow in Des Moines, Iowa, on Wednesday. In some parts of the states of Illinois, Wisconsin and Iowa expected more than 30 cm of snow. The National Weather Service has promised an "extremely dangerous snowstorms" and almost zero visibility on the roads. Gusts up to 80 mph could create snow drifts from two to four meters. (Charlie Neibergall / AP)
9-year-old Jordan Millard got hit in the head with snow from 10-year-old Evan Cox on Wednesday, December 9, after elementary school MacLaine and other schools in West Bend, Wisconsin, were closed for the day due to heavy snowfall. (Andrew Link / West Bend Daily News)
Tom Blankenheim, a business owner for export and sale of charcoal, removes snow from directions to his house and to the house of a neighbor in Madison, Wisconsin. Madison and adjacent neighborhood filled up from 38 to 45 cm of snow, and meteorologists report that this is not the limit. (Andy Manis / Getty Images)
Trucks in the traffic jam on the way to the parking lot in Des Moines, Iowa. (Charlie Neibergall / AP)
Children walk up the hill to pull off her during a snowfall, which was held by the United States and came to New England in Concord, New Hampshire. (Jim Cole / AP)
Passerby walking on snow-covered street during the first snowfall of the season in Albany, New York. (Mike Groll / AP)
The sun rises over the dome in the Henry Doorly Zoo in Omaha, Nebraska. (Nati Harnik / AP)
Man goes through the steam, hiding from the rain under an umbrella, in Philadelphia. In Philadelphia and New York on a forecast of only rain, but does not exclude the likelihood of snow and ice. (Matt Rourke / AP)
Help the driver to push the car into the street in Albany, New York, during the first snowfall of the season. (Mike Groll / AP)
Charlie Gorodon walking their dogs and Misty Flerri during a snowstorm in Montpelier, Vermont. Gordon worked as a teacher, helped her daughter delivered newspapers as well as due to snow on his work declared holiday. (Toby Talbot / AP)
Marlon Cabrera (left) and Peter Palomeque rake snow with directions on the street 19th St. In Des Moines, Iowa, on Wednesday morning on 9 December. (Rodney White / The Des Moines Register)
Drivers on Highway 215 near Parleys Canyon stuck in traffic during the morning snowfall in Salt Lake City on Tuesday. Patrol Utah reported 76 accidents with damage to private property in the districts of Salt Lake and Utah in the period between midnight and 10 am. (Jeffrey D. Allred / AP)
Pedestrian jumps over the snowdrift, crossing the street, in the heart of Omaha, Nebraska. (Nati Harnik / AP)
Girl goes to ground transition during a snowfall in Des Moines, Iowa. (Charlie Neibergall / AP)
Thomas Dalton (right) from Oceanside, NY, removes from the car snow chain near Big Bear Lake, California. (Jae C. Hong / AP)
Joseph Mospan rake the snow in front of his house in Arrouber Lake, California. (Jae C. Hong / AP)
Paul Dreher, a worker on the operational maintenance of buildings, check the roof for damage in the suburbs of Omaha, Nebraska. (Nati Harnik / AP)
9-year-old Alex belly removes snow shovel at the entrance to his house in Clarence, a suburb of Buffalo, New York, on 10 December. (David Duprey / AP)
Nick Groub of Oakland, Iowa, climbed onto the snow to put money in the meter on a paid parking lot. (Nati Harnik / AP)
