A powerful blizzard which has already dumped as much as 33 inches of snow in parts of South Dakota, and still has the potential to produce more.

Both South Dakota and Wyoming were brought to unseasonably early winter standstills Friday when Blizzards rolled in.

As much as 33 inches of snow came down in part of South Dakota's Black Hills area. Winds gusts of up to 68 miles per hour were recorded in downtown Rapid City, which saw 8 inches of snow.

By Friday afternoon, South Dakota officials had closed I-90 for a 100-mile stretch from the Wyoming Broder to Wall due to the storm's slick conditions.

In Nebraska, the storm was being blamed for the deaths of three people who were killed in a traffic accident on a snow-slicked U.S. 20 Friday morning, according to  The Epoch Times.

The storm system also brought in several strong thunderstorms, and snapped tree limbs which were responsible for knocked out power lines in parts of South Dakota, leaving thousands without power.

The cold front that brought the storm in is slowly moving east and expanding south, where it will likely meet up with the remains of Tropical Storm Karen as it makes its way across the Gulf region, sometimes this weekend.

This combination storm isn't expected to be as devastating as Superstorm Sandy, which wiped out entire towns and neighborhoods along the New Jersey, New York and Long Island coastlines. It is expected to soak several regions however .

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