![]() Building management on Friday advised tenants of Capital Square, including the Des Moines Register, that water mains on two sides of the building had burst because of the cold. Deep freeze leaves downtown Des Moines landmark dryĪfter taking a toll on Iowa's roads and airline schedules, the sub-zero cold also is making trouble for a major downtown Des Moines office complex. The station will stay open through the holidays, said Jones, who had to drive through a few drifts to make it to work. But she said traffic in the store has slowed since the storm began Thursday. Amber Jones, assistant store leader at the Kwik Star truck stop in Story City, said she’s seen a steady stream of customers looking for milk, eggs, butter and other staples. ![]() “I think we’ve been lucky,” DeBaillie said. ![]() But so far, all have been able to continue their travels, despite the weather and road conditions. Heather DeBaillie, spokesperson for Iowa 80 Truck Stop off Interstate 80 in eastern Iowa, said drivers are satopping as usual at the sprawling service center, which bills itself as the world's largest. Some big Iowa truck stops ― havens for storm-weary motorists ― say they haven’t had to host stranded travelers during this week’s blizzard. Truck stops say they've seen few stranded motorists The closure comes as a blizzard warning remains in effect for the area, despite being lifted early Friday for some Des Moines metro counties, including Polk and Dallas. The department's Iowa 511 road conditions site shows the highway closing from U.S. The Iowa Department of Transportation is shutting down Interstate 35 in both directions as blowing snow makes travel extremely hazardous. More snow is expected Monday morning, then a return to more moderate temperatures, with a high of 28 on Tuesday. Looking farther ahead, the weather service says snow will fall Christmas night, with about an inch of accumulation, as the high reaches into the double digits. Strong winds, close to 30 mph, will continue in Iowa Saturday, “but nothing like we’ve seen today,” Jimenez said. One gust reached just over 57 mph in Mason City on Friday afternoon. Meanwhile, the wind was still blowing hard. It’s unclear what kind of warning or watch might replace the blizzard and wind chill warnings, Jimenez said, adding that additional evaluation is needed. ![]() And the wind chill warning for southern and central Iowa, including the Des Moines metro ― where it replaced a blizzard warning early Friday ― is slated to expire at noon Saturday. What happens next with the holiday week blizzard of 2022? Though conditions will remain rough for several days, it appears to be winding down.Īlexis Jimenez, a National Weather Service meteorologist in Johnston, said the blizzard warning that remains in effect for the northern half of the state will expire at 6 a.m. 18 outside Clear Lake ― a nearly 90-mile stretch ― because of hazardous driving conditions, the Iowa Department of Transportation announced Friday afternoon. The interstate had previously closed from U.S. Saturday morning, with southbound lanes beginning to reopen around 11 a.m. Northbound lanes slowly reopened around 8 a.m. Interstate 35 reopened to northbound and southbound travelers Saturday morning following a 90-mile closure that began Friday afternoon, according to Iowa DOT Winter Operations Administrator Craig Bargfrede. View Gallery: Blizzard covers Iowa in snow, creating dangerous travel conditions I-35 reopens ![]()
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