GARDEN CITY, Kan. (AP) – The winter blast that dumped nearly a foot of snow in southwest Kansas continued north, closing a section of Interstate 70 in western Kansas.

High winds and about 10 inches of snow hit western Kansas by dawn, and the National Weather Service says the storm is moving into northeast Kansas and northwest Missouri on Tuesday.

The dangerous winter storm is being blamed for at least six deaths. Two people were killed in the crash of a prison van in eastern Colorado and four people were killed in a head-on crash in New Mexico. One hundred motorists have been rescued as the blizzard closed a major east-west highway in Texas.

The Kansas Highway Patrol said Interstate 70 was closed overnight in both directions for about 75 miles from Wakeeney to Colby. By 11:30, the Kansas Department of Transportation reported the interstate had reopened. Other highways in Kansas remained closed because of snowpacked and icy conditions.

Heather Haltli was traveling with her husband from Hill Air Force Base in Utah to Texas when they hit the storm and stopped overnight in Garden City. She said travel from Denver was treacherous, with rollovers and jackknifed semis.

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