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A late-season snowstorm has shut down interstates in the Rockies.The combination of the snow and strong winds downed trees, and a few thousand people lost power.

A late-spring snowstorm is causing havoc in the Rockies this week,shutting down roads, damaging trees and knocking out power.

Interstate 80 in southeast Wyoming was closed Thursday morning in both directions between Cheyenne and Laramie due to dangerous travel conditions. The wintry weather also forced a part of after multiple spinouts occurred.

Images of downed trees and tree limbs were shared on social media in parts of Montana Wednesday afternoon, and more than 4,000 homes and businesses lost power in the Missoula area Wednesday afternoon, according to the Associated Press. Additional outages werereported in the Helena, Cascade, Ulm and Great Falls areas, the report also said.

According to the National Weather Service, the 2.7 inches that fell in Missoula Wednesday was a daily record, breaking the previous May 17 record of 0.2 inches which stood for 121 years.

Up to 31 inches of snow has been reported in south-central Montana near the town of Nye.

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No injuries were reported when a semi truck jackknifed along Interstate 90 at Homestake Pass, but the eastbound lanes of the freeway , according to KRTV.com.

To the south, Wyoming roads became snow-covered and hazardous, especially in the passes.

By Wednesday morning, more than a half-foot of snow had been reported to the National Weather Service in several locations in Idaho and in an area southwest of Newcomb, Montana.

In some neighborhoods in the Salt Lake City area, preset sprinkler systems watered lawns that were covered in snow, the AP also said.

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