74 million people affected by a cyclone

United States, Colorado.- The mighty winter storm that affected 25 states and more than 74 million people in the United States left floods and high winds and spread from the northern Texas Rockies.

About 1,100 motorists found themselves stranded in Colorado following a severe winter storm, cyclone, hurricane force and snowstorm conditions in parts of center of the United States.

The cyclical bomb was expected to continue on Thursday, causing heavy rain and snow in the Midwestern plains. Patrols of the National Guard were forced to use specialized vehicles to rescue stranded drivers in Colorado.

The 145-kilometer winds have been recorded as far south as Dallas, writes The Washington Post, where An Amazonian depot near the Dallas-Fort Worth International Airport has seen its roof fly. It was recorded 150 km / h at Denver International Airport, which was closed for the vast majority of air traffic.

Despite all the tragedy of this storm, there was no fatal accident, as it was known that only one of the employees of the Colorado State Patrol had been killed.

Denver remained under a blizzard warning until midnight with up to a foot of snow in the forecast. The State Department of Transportation has closed sections of Interstates 25 and 70 between highways until Thursday morning at least due to blizzard conditions. Other roads have also been closed, informed the NBC affiliate, KUSA, in Denver.

More than 1,300 flights were canceled at Denver International Airport, where wind gusts of 145 kilometers to the hour were reported on Wednesday morning. All runways at this airport were closed early in the afternoon and remained closed until Wednesday evening.

Thousands of people were left without electricity because of several interruptions in the area. Some 86,000 customers in Colorado had no electricity Thursday morning, according to one of the energy companies. Another 47,000 had no power in New Mexico and North Texas.