Nightly News   |  February 04, 2012

US heartland hit by major storm

The Weather Channel's Mike Seidel reports from Denver as a large winter blast blankets the Midwest with snow.

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>>> a powerful winter storm is making its way across the nation's heartland after blanketing parts of the rocky mountains . the weather channel 's mike seidel joins us. how is it looking right now?

>> they're biggest out from under the biggest snowstorm in february. 15 inches of powder shut the city down yesterday. at the airport, 600 flight cancellations. a 150 mile stretch of i-70 reopened. today the symptom dumped on nebraska. they were shoveling cars out of snow banks in omaha and they set a record. it's still snowing there. another inch or two before it wraps up this evening. the storm moves east and weakens and most that falls on sunday will be rain. temperatures still warmer than average. a terrific super bowl sunday forecast in indianapolis. the sun is back out. highs in the upper 40s.

>> mike seidel . thank you.