Blizzard shuts, slows Denver flights, closes highways

DENVER (AP) — A powerful spring blizzard slowed and canceled flights at Denver’s airport, knocked out power and shut down hundreds of miles of highway in Colorado, Wyoming and Nebraska as it spread into the Midwest on Wednesday.
The wind and the heavy, wet snow typical for a spring storm blew power lines together and weighed them down, causing lights to flicker and leaving many homes and businesses in the Denver area without power Wednesday. Flights into Denver International Airport