DENVER (AP) — Trucks are rolling again across a southern Wyoming artery that had been shuttered for more than 24 hours after a powerful spring storm brought up to 3 feet of snow to the Rockies.
Interstate 80, a major east-west truck route, reopened in Wyoming a day after its closure stranded thousands of travelers and truckers. The interstate quickly became crowded with the trucks that had packed rest areas.
In Colorado, the snow that began falling on Mother’s Day caused some power outages as it weighed down newly greening trees.
Among those affected by the outages was Denver International Airport, where some escalators and elevators temporarily stalled Monday morning. Airport spokeswoman Julie Smith says a backup generator spared the airport any major problems. At least 27 arriving and departing flights were canceled because of the weather, but Smith says there were no major delays.
The storm is the result of a low-pressure system moving east colliding with a cold air mass from the north. While temperatures were expected to drop below freezing Monday night, spring-like weather was expected to return to the Rockies by Tuesday.
