Incredible Storm Photos: Snow Edition

2013 Winter Storm Atlas

From October 3-5, vehicles were stuck, trees were down and power lines were also down in South Dakota. Thousands of people lost power but there was something more crucial that was affected by this storm.

“The blizzard’s most staggering toll was livestock losses,” Weather.gov wrote. “Cattle were in summer pastures far from shelters at the ranches. They had not yet grown thick winter coats so they became hypothermic after first being soaked by the rain, then chilled by the snow and wind. They drifted for miles and eventually, the stress on the animals caused heart failure. Others wandered off embankments into creeks and drowned or suffocated in snow drifts.”