Evelyn Thomas, a dispatcher and jailer for the Dallam and Hartley county sheriff's departments, said five accidents had been reported along a 40-mile stretch of U.S. 87 between Dalhart and Texline. Other vehicles had slid off into ditches. She had no immediate report on injuries.
Thomas said blizzard conditions were reported on U.S. 87 and on U.S. 54 west to Tucumcari, N.M.
Authorities closed U.S. 54 west of Dalhart and U.S. 385 north of Dalhart because of low visibility in blowing snow.
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