South Dakota blanketed by several feet of snow as storms hit Great Plains

Several states hit hard by storm system, including as many as nine tornadoes in Iowa and Nebraska

• Associated Press
• theguardian.com, Saturday 5 October 2013 15.47 EDT

A shopper wades through a large snow drift in downtown Rapid City, South Dakota. Photograph: Chris Huber/AP

In the span of 24 hours, the scenic Black Hills in South Dakota were coated in up to three and a half feet (1.1 meters) of wet, heavy snow. South Dakota is one of several Great Plains states to have been hit hard by a storm system that has caused millions of dollars in damage.
A National Weather Service meteorologist, Katie Pojorlie, said the snow was expected to end later on Saturday, giving people a chance to start digging out from the unusual, record-setting early fall snowstorm.
But wintery weather wasn't the only thing wrapped into the powerful cold front, as thunderstorms brought heavy rain, hail and as many as nine tornadoes to Nebraska and Iowa. Fifteen people in northeast Nebraska were injured in a tornado on Friday, and three died in a car accident on a snow-slicked Nebraska road.
Forecasters said the front would eventually combine with other storms to make for a wild and probably very wet weekend for much of the central and south-eastern US.


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