Nearly a foot of snow buried parts of North Dakota on Thursday as the region's first wintry weather of the season swept through the Rockies and into the northern Plains, slowing travel and frustrating some farmers who still have not managed to harvest their crops.
The storm dumped as much as 11 inches (28 centimeters) of snow near Stanley, North Dakota, in the state's northwest corner, and other areas saw up to 8 inches (20 centimeters), said Matt Johnson, a meteorologist with the National Weather Service in Bismarck.
