PARKS, Ariz. — A iciness typhoon dumped heavy snow throughout northern Arizona on Friday, taking part in a significant component in a greater than 15-mile (24-kilometer) backup on a big interstate.
Semitrucks and different cars have been stalled on Interstate 40 westbound between Flagstaff and Williams overdue Friday because the solar set. The standstill dragged on for hours.
The snow, together with a two-vehicle crash contributed to the backup, Arizona Division of Public Protection spokesperson Bart Graves stated.
“Lets now not transparent it fast sufficient to get site visitors shifting once more as a result of the adversarial snow stipulations, he stated.
An harm used to be reported within the crash however no deaths have been reported across the area because of the typhoon, Graves stated.
The typhoon used to be the most important of the iciness season to this point and adopted a dry stretch that left Flagstaff and a lot of different towns around the West smartly underneath commonplace for precipitation thus far. They will most likely keep there in spite of the snow and rain.
The blizzard ranged from a couple of inches in decrease elevations to greater than a foot (30 centimeters) in puts like Flagstaff and Munds Park, with the white stuff nonetheless falling.
The Arizona Snowbowl ski lodge joked on X that Miracle March used to be in complete impact.
“This weekend is certain to be epic,” it wrote in a put up.
Portions of alternative roadways have been closed every now and then all through the typhoon, together with Interstate 17 between Flagstaff and Phoenix.
The typhoon used to be anticipated to transport east out of the state on Saturday, the Nationwide Climate Carrier stated.
