Winter weather leads to a congestion of 40 cars in Iowa, people stranded by ice currents in Wisconsin

Winter weather leads to a congestion of 40 cars in Iowa, people stranded by ice currents in Wisconsin

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The white conditions along Interstate 80 west of Newton, Iowa, resulted in 40 vehicles being piled up, the state patrol said Thursday afternoon.

Troops, who were not injured, “went vehicle after vehicle to investigate occupants,” the state patrol said on its Facebook page. “There are some serious injuries and some minor injuries,” the report said.
It can get so bitterly cold after this week's snowstorm in the Middle East that the engine's antifreeze will solidify

On the photos posted by the state patrol, it was also shown that tractor trailers were turned or hacked on their side, along with other cars and trucks, including State Trooper cars.

In Door County, Wisconsin, U.S. Coast Guard personnel and local and government officials rescued 62 people from three separate ice levels, sheets of ice breaking off the frozen surface of the water, the Coast Guard said in a news release.

Rescue crews, airboats and helicopters were near the mouth of Surgeon Bay after calls to report cracks in the ice between groups of people on the ice and shore, CNN subsidiary WLUK reported.

According to WLUK, 62 people were rescued early Thursday afternoon without any injuries.

According to CNN meteorologist Derek Van Dam, Thursday was a “curtain lift” for what the area is for in the coming days.

Snow, which is forecast until Friday, is expected to be followed by a freezing point or rapidly falling temperatures.

According to Van Dam, it can get so cold overnight on Saturday to Sunday that even car freezer can solidify.

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