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A man walk struggles to walk as blizzard conditions set in at the U.S. Air Force Academy, in southern Colorado on Saturday.
By F. Brinley Bruton, Staff Writer, NBC News
A powerful storm dumped snow on the Rocky Mountains on Sunday, after having forced the?cancellation?of hundreds of flights and the?postponement?of a Major League Soccer game.?
Winter Storm Triton was moving east across the Plains into the Midwest, and blizzard conditions were possible?in parts of Nebraska and northwest Kansas,?The Weather Channel reported.
Forecasters also said that parts of the region could expect wind gusts of up to 50-miles-an-hour and white out conditions.?
Snow pounded Denver, Colo., Saturday, falling at more than an inch per hour at times. Nearly 500 flights out of Denver International Airport had to be canceled. The Weather Channel's Mike Seidel reports.
Triton dumped up to 10 inches of heavy, wet snow in?the Denver metropolitan area, The Weather Channel reported.
According to Reuters, more than 500 flights in and out of Denver International Airport were canceled on Saturday.?
"Many of the canceled flights are commuter flights that go to mountain towns," airport spokesman Heath Montgomery told Reuters, adding that the facility remained open.
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Looking ahead, passengers could expect delays of up to 30 minutes as crews de-iced departing aircraft, he said, according to Reuters.?
The Colorado Rapids postponed their Major League Soccer game against the Philadelphia Union until Sunday, the team said on its website.?
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