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Coloradans dig out after heavy snow

DENVER – Coloradans spent Sunday afternoon digging out after up to 16 inches of snow fell across the state on Saturday, stranding motorists and leaving some areas of the state with subzero temperatures on Sunday.

Pueblo County sheriff’s deputies and police rescued 40 people Sunday morning after their bus broke down on Interstate 25 in Pueblo, leaving them stranded for nearly an hour in subzero temperatures.

Passengers on the El Paso-Los Angeles Limousine Express sought help after temperatures dipped to 17 degrees below zero. The passengers were taken to a hotel for the night.

Airlines at Denver International Airport were struggling Sunday to rebook passengers after more than 450 flights were canceled.

The National Weather Service said Sunday the thermometer dipped to minus 27 degrees in Limon. Breckenridge reported the most snow, with 16 inches that gave skiers and snowboarders the heavy snows they have been hoping for all season.

Kyle Fredin, a forecaster with the National Weather Service in Denver, says the heavy snow brought the average snowpack back to normal for this season in north and central Colorado.

Denver International Airport says more than 450 flights were canceled on Saturday and airlines are gradually getting back to normal.



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