OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — Several Nebraska schools, businesses and institutions have remained closed a second day as workers try to reopen snow-covered roads.
Authorities said Wednesday that motorists are still barred from several stretches of Interstate 80 and other highways as snowplows and road graders scrape pavement and push aside ice, slush and snow from a massive storm that struck the state early Tuesday.
The National Weather Service reports that 17 inches of snow has been recorded in Grand Island and 16 inches in nearby Hastings. Both cities are in south-central Nebraska. The northeast Nebraska communities of Verdigre and Wayne also had 16 inches of snow, with 14 inches reported in Norfolk.
Utilities report that electricity has been restored to almost all of the more than 20,000 customers who'd lost power.
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