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'Bomb Cyclone' Shutters Schools, Makes Roads Impassable In Central U.S.

The springtime storm is bringing blizzard conditions to states throughout the Plains and Midwest. Minnesota braced to face the brunt of the storm Thursday.
A massive spring storm is bringing blizzard conditions to several central U.S. states, leading officials to close hundreds of schools and hundreds of miles of roads.

Interstates were closed for hundreds of miles in the Midwest and Plains Thursday, as a "bomb cyclone" brought a major winter storm to states in those regions. Some towns that just days ago were experiencing sunshine and temperate weather are now under

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