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NAME: US WEATHER 2 20070225Ix TAPE: EF07/0235 IN_TIME: 10:37:20:06 DURATION: 00:02:43:24 SOURCES: see script DATELINE: Various, 24 Feb 2007 RESTRICTIONS: No Access NAmerica/Internet SHOTLIST: ABCN (KDVR) Aurora, Colorado - 24 February 2007 1. Highway sign for Aurora, Colorado blowing in wind 2. Tight of highway signs and power lines 3. Mid of crash scene 4. Tight of snow-covered tyre 5. Mid of damaged vehicles, pan to broken rear window 6. Interior of car with deployed airbag 7. Tight of damaged vehicle grills 8. Emergency workers carrying baby car seat 9. Mid of emergency worker counting cars ABCN (WDJT) Milwaukee, Wisconsin - 24 February 2007 10. Close up man starting snowblower 11. Close up snowblower being pushed through snow 12. Mid of young boy shovelling snow 13. Mid of snowy street, pan down to ice on car bumper 14. Mid of man pushing snowblower ABCN (KSTP) Winona, Minnesota - 24 February 2007 15. Mid of people shovelling snow from in front of car 16. Close up snow plough pushing snow 17. Wide of people shovelling and snow plough 18. Wide of snow covered cars 19. Wide of people shovelling snow around car 20. Close up people scooping up and throwing snow ABC Dallas, Texas - 24 February 2007 21. Wide of downtown Dallas with thick dust in air 22. Close up highway ramp with dust in the air 23. American airlines planes on tarmac at Dallas-Ft. Worth Airport (DFW) 24. Arrivals and departures monitors at DFW 25. Various of flight monitors showing cancelled flights 26. Tight of man talking on cell phone at DFW 27. American airlines counter at DFW 28. Man standing at airline counter ABCN (KLRT) Dumas, AR - 24 February 2007 29. Wide of damaged house 30. SOUNDBITE: ( English) Vox pop, Tornado victim " A lot of people were hurt. And I don't know if we can recover from it or not." 31. Tight of damaged car STORYLINE: Blizzard conditions and icy roads caused a multi-car pile up outside Denver, Colorado on Saturday. Emergency workers say 35 vehicles were involved in the accident, but fortunately no one was seriously injured. Wind gusts of up to 70 miles per hour (113 kph) caused whiteout conditions and zero visibility on Interstate 70 outside Denver Airport. Many drivers slammed on their brakes once they saw brake lights in front of them, but were too close to stop on the icy roads. It took about four hours for the mess of twisted metal cars and trucks to be towed away. A 200 mile (322 km) stretch of Interstate 70 from Aurora, Colorado to the Kansas state line was closed due to blizzard conditions. The storm has quickly moved east through the Plain states and threatens to dump more than a foot of snow on the Upper Midwest. Seven traffic deaths in Wisconsin have been blamed on weather, and parts of Iowa are under a glaze of ice. Air travel has been affected, too. More than 250 flights have been cancelled at Chicago's two airports. In addition to snow and ice, forecasters say high winds, rain and flooding could be on their way. While in Dumas, Arkansas, residents were clearing up after a tornado hit their town. The devastation was severe. " A lot of people were hurt. And I don't know if we can recover from it or not" said this local resident. Keyword-severe weather ice snow car crash