Blowing snow shuts down I-70 in eastern Colorado

Photo: 285 closed drifting snow
A still from a traffic camera on U.S. Highway 285 where the road was closed because of blowing and drifting snow.

Interstate 70 in eastern Colorado is shut down because of strong winds and blowing snow.

The highway was closed between Limon and Goodland, Kansas on Tuesday as wind gusts reached up to around 60 mph on the Eastern Plains.