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DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — Freezing rain was expected Friday in parts of the Midwest — especially Iowa, where forecasters warned of a weekend ice storm in a part of the state.

The National Weather Service said ice — combined with strong winds in places like Waterloo and Cedar Rapids — could be significant enough to bring down power lines and damage trees.

“Travel may be nearly impossible as roads, and especially bridges and overpasses, will become slippery and dangerous overnight into Saturday morning,” forecasters said.

Elsewhere, the latest round of lake-effect snow off the Great Lakes buried some New York communities near Buffalo with more than 3 feet (almost 1 meter) of snow, while Buffalo’s business district and northern suburbs were spared.

Further south, the town of Eden had the region’s highest snow total, with 42.5 inches (1.08 meters) falling from Wednesday to Friday, the National Weather Service said. New York Governor Kathy Hochul declared a state of emergency ahead of the storm.

A winter road advisory covered Iowa and southern Minnesota. Nebraska’s largest city, Omaha, was told to prepare for freezing rain starting Friday night.

Meanwhile, authorities in Kalamazoo County, Michigan, expressed relief that there were no major injuries Thursday when the driver of a box truck lost control on icy Interstate 94 and smashed into emergency vehicles parked on the shoulder to help with an earlier crashed.

The sheriff’s office released video of the crash, which showed first responders fleeing to get out of the way after the truck hit their parked vehicles, flipped onto its side and slid down the highway. The fire truck stood upright, but suffered some damage.

No one was injured apart from the truck driver, who was treated for minor injuries.

“Everybody appears to be unharmed, maybe rattled a little bit, but the good thing is you come home from being rattled,” Sheriff Richard Fuller said of first responders at the scene.