Snow

The Missouri Department of Transportation says it hired at least 100 new employees to drive snowplows after having a shortage of drivers last winter season.

Most roads were passable Friday following Thursday’s snowstorm, but brutally cold winds kept blowing. Thursday night had the ninth-lowest windchill ever recorded in St. Louis.

Road crews are preparing for a blizzard Thursday expected to bring bitter cold and deadly wind chills just as Christmas travel begins.

Some parts of the western St. Louis metro received nearly a foot of snow from the major winter storm.

Some areas of the St. Louis region could end up with 10 inches of snow.

Forecasters say the St. Louis region could see seven to 11 inches of snow before the storm moves out on Thursday.

The National Weather Service expects between five and seven inches of light, fluffy snow to accumulate throughout the day. The wind chill factor could drop as low as 20 degrees below zero.

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