As much as 30 centimeters of snow is expected in some parts of the state, in a snowstorm that should help put out fires, but it could also pose new “serious” challenges to travel in some areas, according to the US Weather Service. “It will be cold as we enter New Year’s tonight,” the Boulder Weather Service delegation wrote on Twitter, adding that “it will snow over most of the area by midnight.”
At least 33,000 people in the cities of Superior and Louisville were forced to find shelter Thursday as fires spread to parched areas of the historic drought. Authorities estimate the number of homes lost in the fire at around 600.
“It’s total devastation…we saw houses exploding right in front of our eyes,” Mayor Clint Folsom told CNN on Friday.
