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Intense rains sweep Deep South, heavy snowfall strikes Midwest

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A powerful storm is blamed for three fatal crashes in Minnesota and North Dakota.
A powerful storm is blamed for three fatal crashes in Minnesota and North Dakota.
A powerful winter storm that brought blizzard warnings Friday across the Upper Midwest was blamed for at least three fatal crashes, while flash flooding from rains in the South swept away cars and forced dozens of water rescues.
In northern New England, a mix of snow, sleet, freezing rain and rain added up to make for dangerous driving Friday for post-holiday travelers.
Much of the Dakotas and part of Minnesota were under a blizzard warning after many areas got a foot of snow or more Thursday.
A collision between a small bus and an SUV in Minnesota killed a 47-year-old woman on the bus and injured nine others Thursday.
A second person died in central Minnesota after being struck on a road by a pickup with a plow blade.
In North Dakota, a pickup truck driver was killed Thursday on a snow-covered highway when visibility was reduced by blowing snow from a plow, according to the state highway patrol.

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