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Powerful winds from an intense low pressure system create ground blizzard conditions and rough surf along the eastern shores of Lake Ontario in Jefferson County, NY.

Shot Description

Shots 1-8: Powerful winds create near whiteout ground blizzard conditions in the town of Sackets Harbor, NY.
Shots 9-13: Waves crash over large mounds of ice along the eastern shores of Lake Ontario at Southwick Beach State Park.

A powerful storm system brought intense snow and strong winds to the Watertown NY area. Numerous vehicles became stuck in the deep snow, and residents helped each other get them free.
Shot Description

SHOT 1: Two people push a stuck vehicle out of a deep snow bank.
SHOT 2: A large tow truck pulls a vehicle free from a deep snow bank.
SHOT 3: A person pushed a stuck vehicle out of a snow bank and back onto the road.
SHOT 4: A person helps to push a vehicle free.
SHOT 5: A vehicle becomes even more stuck in the snow.
SHOT 6 & 7: A large snow plow passes by the camera in deep snow.
SHOT 8: A police officer directs traffic in the middle of blinding snowfall.
SHOT 9: A person walks up a snowy sidewalk and loses his balance on the ice, nearly falling.
SHOT 10: People clear a sidewalk from nearly 2 feet of snow.
SHOT 11 & 12: A man uses a snowblower to clear the deep snow from his driveway.
SHOT 13: Driving by houses buried in deep snow.
SHOT 14: A man uses a snowblower amidst heavy falling snow.
SHOT 15: Traffic lined up in heavy falling snow.
SHOT 16: A man shoveling snow off the sidewalk.
SHOT 17: Two people walk by in yellow jackets during heavy snow.
SHOT 18: Panning shot of the statue in downtown Watertown, NY during intense snow.

A powerful low pressure system creates intense lake effect snow bands, bringing whiteout blizzard conditions to Jefferson County, NY.

Shot List:

Shots 1-2: Motorists stuck in deep snow in their vehicles
Shot 3: A man with a cane struggles in very deep snow as he attempts to climb over snow drifts
Shot 4: Vehicles buried under several feet of snow
Shots 5-6: Pedestrians are barely visible as they walk in whiteout blizzard conditions in Jefferson County, NY
Shot 7: A man uses a snow blower to clear a sidewalk in blizzard conditions in Watertown, NY
Shots 8-9: Pedestrians are barely visible as they walk in whiteout blizzard conditions in Jefferson County, NY
Shot 10: A lady spins the tires on her vehicle as she tries to get her vehicle out of very deep snow in Jefferson County, NY
Shot 11: Several good Samaritans push a vehicle out of very deep snow in Jefferson County, NY

A major winter storm dumped over a foot of snow to parts of central Kansas on Tuesday with many areas seeing the highest snowfall of the season. Two fatalities were blamed on the storm here in Kansas.

Video package shot in western Marion County near Hillsboro, Kansas, which is roughly an hour north of Wichita.
Shot Description

Clip 1-2: Shots of crazy intense, heavy falling snow.

Clip 3: White truck stuck in the snow off on the side of US-56.

Clip 4: Woman driving the stuck pickup truck gets into another truck of someone who came by to help her.

Clip 5: Man walking around the stuck pickup looking for a place to hook on.

Clip 6-7: Man bringing strap to other pickup truck, then running back to get into stuck pickup.

Clip 8: One truck pulls the other free of the snow.

Clip 9: Another crash scene, this with a red tow truck on scene of a spin-out.

Clip 10: Tight shot of gold car spun off the highway.

Clip 11-12: Wide and tight shots of crash scene from behind the tow truck.

Clip 13-14: Silver car well off the highway in the snow.

Clip 15-16: POV driving shots in very heavy falling snow passing several cars and a couple of school buses.

Clip 17: Two school buses driving through the heavy falling snow.

Clip 18-19: Heavy snow falling on parked school buses.

Clip 20: Wide shot of heavy snow falling in town.

REMAINING CLIPS EARLY AFTERNOON AS SNOW CEASED NEAR LINDSBORG, KANSAS – AFTERMATH AND RECOVERY CLIPS

Clip 21: Wide shot of a damage blue pickup truck off the embankment of I-135 with two two trucks up on the hill along the interstate.

Clip 22: Bull-dozer stuck in the snow and mud during the recovery effort to get the blue pickup truck out.

Clip 23: Two truck driver closing the driver-side door of the pickup truck.

Clip 24: Shot of blue pickup truck with bulldozer trying to get out of the mud behind it.

Clip 25: Tight shot of stuck bulldozer rocking back and forth in the mud.

Clip 26: Another crash scene of a red pickup that was towing a white van stuck in the ditch off I-135 with tow truck on scene.

Clip 27: Tighter shot of red pickup and white van.

Clip 28: Shot of crash scene from behind which also shows another white van further up the road in the ditch.

Clip 29: Shot of man walking beside stuck trailer with the other white van behind him.

Clip 30: Shot of two people next to tow truck with other white van in the background.

Clip 31: Wide shot of other white van stuck in snow off I-135.

Clip 32: Shot of a tow truck on scene next to stranded semi truck in median of I-135.

Clip 33: Tighter shot of stranded semi in the median.

Clip 34-35: Tow truck driver dragging line from the tow truck to the semi.

Snow and ice lead to a nightmare morning commute as dozen of accidents occurred across Wichita-area highways leading to the closure of several major routes in the city for several hours during the morning. Cars were scattered all over the area as many slid off roads and crashed. Snow totals were less than 2-inches in the city, but the ice made for an extremely hazardous commute.
Shot Description

Clip 1: White SUV trying to get traction near a crash scene slides sideways in front of the camera right on I-235.

Clip 2: White SUV gathering itself and turning straight down I-235.

Clips 3-4: The two car crash involving a pickup truck and a black car in the median of I-235 where the SUV slid sideways in previous clips.

Clips 5-6: POV windshield shots of white pickup truck spinning tires trying to get up a hill.

Clip 7: POV windshield shot as camera person drives car and gently nudges the truck from behind to help it get up the hill.

Clip 8-11: Shots of vehicles struggling to get up an icy hill near I-235 in west Wichita. Shots include tight shots of cars spinning tires along with wider views as multiple vehicles are struggling or stuck.

Clips 12-14: Pickup truck crashed into the trees in the median of I-235 and K-96.

Clips 15-17: Police SUV and tow truck at scene of a single vehicle crash involving a blue pickup truck off the side of I-235.

Clips 18-22: Two vehicle crash involving a church bus and a gold car at the base of an off-ramp from I-235.

Clips 23-27: Shots of a tow truck pulling a white utility truck up a hill out of the median from SB I-235.

Clips 28-29: Black pickup truck spun 180-degrees off the side of SB I-235.

Clips 30-31: A white car and a FedEx semi stuck on ice on the ramp from eastbound US-54 to NB I-235.

Clips 32-34: Backup on the ramp with a police officer showing up and walking car-to-car behind the FedEx truck and white car.

Clips 35-36: K-DOT sign warning drivers of icy bridges and ramps.

A powerful burst of snow and freezing rain hit Interstate 94 in eastern Stearns County, MN creating a very slick driving conditions with snow and ice compacting to the road surfaces. Several accidents created gridlock on the interstate for about an hour as crews worked to clear the wrecks.

Shot List:

Scene 1 Snow plow on Interstate 94.

Scene 2 Four clips of a Semi Truck being pulled out of a ditch along Interstate 94.

Scene 3 POV Driving in slow traffic on Interstate 94 with about a inch of ice covering the road surface.

Scene 4 Three clips of several Semi Trucks and other vehicles crashed on eastbound Interstate 94 just south of St Cloud, MN.

Scene 5 POV passing shot of a crash on County Road 75 just south of St Cloud, MN

Scene 6 POV passing shot of snow plow on Interstate 94.

Scene 7 Wide ground shot of snow plows in St Cloud passing and throwing snow at the camera.

The heaviest snow of the season fell in Wichita Wednesday afternoon, peaking out during the morning rush hour. Snow was still falling at the time of upload, but over 2-inches have been reported in various places across Greater Wichita. Fortunately mild temps leading into this storm kept roads mostly wet, but the snow was enough to cause some wrecks and very slow traffic during the morning rush. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY remains in effect until midnight tonight as more snow and potential flash freezing is possible into the evening and overnight.
Shot Description

Scenes 1-7: Various clips of a multi-car wreck in the clean-up stages near Seneca and I-235. Tow truck has a severely damaged vehicle on the bed and cops have the right lane on Seneca blocked off with two other damaged cars.

Scenes 8-10: Shots of a tan car slide off from I-135 as interstate traffic passes behind it.

Scenes 11-15: Shots of a black car slide-off from I-135 in north Wichita.

Scenes 16-17: Tow truck takes damaged vehicle from crash sight off I-135 in Wichita.

Scene 18-22: Various close shots of snowplows clearing snow from I-135.

Scene 23: POV driving shot of a snowplow.

Scene 24: POV driving shot of a long line of traffic on K-96 in north Wichita.

Scene 25-27: POV driving shots of traffic in very heavy snow.

Scene 28: School busses and other cars on the roadways in very heavy falling snow.

Scene 29-32: Various shots of vehicles driving through the heavy falling snow.

Scene 33-35: Scenic falling snow clips.

A fast and powerful winter storm hit the southern part of Minnesota including the southern Twin Cities metro area.
Shot Description

0.00 State plow on road in New Prague
17.00 Semi tractor off road on I-35 in Northfield,
53.00 small snowblower in New Prague,
01.04.00 three city plows plowing snow in Burnsville,
01.14.00 old plow truck on farm in New Prague,
01.21.00 tracked bobcat plowing snow around stuck old plow truck on farm in New Prague, MN.

Heavy snow and ice cause widespread accidents and treacherous travel conditions in Syracuse, NY from a powerful ‘Bombcyclone’ hitting the region.

All footage shot during morning daylight hours in Syracuse, NY by meteorologist Simon Brewer
Shot Description

1-15. various shots of multiple accidents from cars sliding into each other or off roads and highways, some with emergency assistance in Syracuse, NY

16-22. various shots of pedestrians and traffic navigate treacherous conditions in downtown Syracuse, NY with low visibility, heavy snow falling, on snow and ice-covered roads

23. snow plow clearing ice and snow from highway in Syracuse NY

24. traffic passing highway sign warning of winter storm in Syracuse NY

25. traffic in very heavy snow on highway in Syracuse NY