Power outages affecting thousands in Denver as snow continues to fall

And there’s more on the way.
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A truck drives through snow on Lincoln Street. March 14, 2024.
Kevin J. Beaty/Denverite

Central Denver woke up to several inches of snow this morning, and it continues to fall with the National Weather Service suggesting an additional 4 to 6 inches may fall through this evening.

As of 9:34 a.m., Xcel was reporting more than 25,000 customers without power in the Denver metro area. That map updates regularly and you can zoom in on your area here.

Road closures outside of the city as of this morning include I-70 between Denver and Silverthorne and I-25 south of Lone Tree. COTrip alerts and CDOT's X account are sharing additional closures and information.

A screenshot of Denver's snow plow tracker at 6:05 a.m. on Thursday, March 14, 2024.
Dave Burdick

The city's snow plow tracker showed residential plows distributed in approximately the shape of the city at 6:05 a.m., and the early cancellation of schools, the closure of the city and state government, not to mention the Denver Art Museum, the Children's Museum (sorry, fellow parents) and plenty of others should mean a lot fewer cars on the road in the first place.

This storm should bump Denver toward or past what NWS says is its historical normal March snowfall total, just under a foot of snow.

An encampment outside of Elitch Gardens on a very cold morning. March 14, 2024.
Kevin J. Beaty/Denverite

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