Weather.com-3/11/13, associated press

Snow blankets the Old Town Stables at 22347 Woodford-Tehachapi Rd. in Golden Hills on Friday morning March 8, 2013. Photo by Rodrigo Ortega

LINCOLN, Neb. — Omaha public schools are shut down Monday, March 11 as Winter Storm Triton blankets the region with heavy snow.  Interstate 80 was shut down for part of Sunday after multiple car accidents littered nearly 200 miles between Nebraska and Iowa.

The Nebraska State Patrol said the westbound lanes of I-80 were closed between Lincoln and Grand Island. State Patrol spokeswoman Deb Collins said there were several reports of vehicles hitting the median or going into ditches. She said the closure was due to those reports but also as a precaution because of whiteout conditions in the area.

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