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MO Issues Winter Weather Travel Advisory

By Brian Hagen

01/11/2017

(MSC News)--Due to the possibility of dangerous conditions, a winter weather advisory for reduced travel has been issued in Missouri.

Motorists are being asked to avoid travel, if possible, late Thursday night through Sunday due to what a news release calls “incoming significant amounts of freezing rain, sleet, and ice.”

The statement, from the Missouri Department of Transportation, says it's expected that Friday morning rush hour commuters will be impacted by the freezing rain over most of the state.

Similar weather conditions are also forecast for Kansas.

MoDot State Maintenance Engineer Becky Allmeroth calls ice “the most difficult storm to fight” with “downed power lines and potential roadway closures” a possibility.

Allmeroth says crews will work ahead of the storm to treat roadways, with crews, through the week “gathering chain saws, chippers and other equipment that will be important [for handling] downed trees from the ice accumulation.”

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