BISMARCK, N.D. — Blizzard conditions made travel hazardous Sunday across the northern Plains, and North Dakota and South Dakota closed major highways and urged people to stay home.
The National Weather Service estimated as much as 13 inches of snow had fallen at Williston, N.D., and about a foot in Bismarck, N.D., and strong wind whipped the powdery snow and cut visibility.
Bismarck’s temperature at 9 a.m. was 10 below zero, but the wind made it feel more like 35 below, NWS meteorologist Patrick Ayd said.
“You need two parkas,” he said.
North Dakota officials said part of Interstate 94 was closed, as was I-29 from the South Dakota border to Canada.
The South Dakota Highway Patrol said Interstate 90 was closed for nearly 200 miles from Chamberlain west to Rapid City and that police were sweeping the closed section to remove any stranded motorists. Wind gusted to nearly 50 mph across most of South Dakota.
