Southbound Interstate 25 is closed from Pueblo to the New Mexico state line, while U.S. Highway 24 is closed in both directions from Calhan to Limon.

Several feet of snow were expected to fall in parts of New Mexico and Colorado over the next three days in what meteorologists said could be the worst blizzard to hit the region in decades, as the authorities warned of dangerous road conditions and power outages.

DENVER, Colo. (KAKE) — Interstate 70 in both directions is closed from Denver as a winter storm warning with heavy snow hits eastern Colorado and western Kansas on Thursday. ABC affiliate KMGH Denver 7 reports that forecasters say up to ten more inches of heavy, wet snow is possible for the Denver metro area throughout Friday and into the weekend.

A potentially historic winter storm is dumping snow on New Mexico and Colorado. The FOX Forecast Center reports that the storm will pummel the mountains of New Mexico with extreme snow not seen in November in years.

A​ major winter storm has prompted a blizzard warning as it hammers parts of New Mexico and Colorado with heavy snow and strong winds, contributing to tree damage, power outages and snarled travel along parts of the Interstate 25 and 40 corridors.