Three dead snowstorm also lashes U.S. heartland

KANSAS CITY: hit snowstorm second major in a week midsection of the country Tuesday, dropping snow half-foot or more of the Missouri and Kansas through electrical parts to thousands.At and attributed at least three deaths on the blizzard, and strong winds blew drifts woke northeast Western Kansas and Oklahoma more than 2 feet and creating treacherous driving conditions for those who dared to commute.About morning 80000 homes and businesses in Missouri north-west, not for the strength and heavy, wet snow weighed on power lines. Kansas City, Missouri, in a state of emergency and blinding snow - exacerbated by the constant wind estimated at 30 miles per hour or higher - making road traffic very dangerous. And about 8 inches of new snow had fallen on parts of the Kansas City metro area as the sun rose Tuesday.Flights inside and outside the state of Kansas City International Airport were canceled, closed schools, government offices, and businesses across the region. Was obtained city buses have been reported the incidents stuck.Numerous in the region, and Mayor James Sly declared a state of emergency in unwanted impressions for a major blizzard dumped nearly foot of snow on the city only five days earlier. He urged residents to stay in their homes, due to be expected that the new storm to dump nearly foot of new snow on the city. "This one has the potential to be very serious," said James