The Buffalo area digs out the snow as the death toll from New York’s winter storm rises
The Mississippi Valley and Central Gulf Coast are at risk from severe thunderstorms and heavy rain through the evening of September 17. Storm Prediction Center, NWS, and a possible second storm system
There is a chance of severe storms and heavy rain in the Lower Mississippi Valley and the Central Gulf Coast through Thursday.
The storm is poised to produce a mix of wintry precipitation ranging from rain and sleet to ice and it will hit areas in the southern and central regions in waves through Wednesday.
The prediction center stated that the region can expect widespread rain on Saturday, leading to flooding in the south and east of Los Angeles.
“Strong, possibly damaging, winds…with gusts as high as 60 mph” are forecast for the Portland metro & Willamette Valley through at least 3 pm PST, according to the NWS in Portland. Along the coast gusts are forecast 50 to 70 mph.”
More than a foot is possible with the system in the Sierras. A second system will be right on the first’s heels, pushing inland across the Pacific Northwest tonight bringing even more snow.
Even though the snow stops falling, the strong winds can blow the snow off the ground and result in near zero visibility for those in the area. Weather alerts have urged extreme caution when traveling.
“While tornadoes in December are relatively uncommon when compared to the springtime, they are often more likely across portions of the Southeast and Lower Mississippi Valley, where there is often a secondary peak in the fall and winter,” Matthew Elliott, a meteorologist at the Storm Prediction Center, told CNN.
Parts of Texas, Oklahoma, Arkansas and Louisiana are at risk of severe storms on Monday, with damaging winds, strong tornadoes and hail possible. Storms are expected to begin in the afternoon and will last through the overnight hours.
As the event approaches and smaller- scale trends become more apparent, the details of the areas most at risk from tornadoes will become clearer.
The Sierra Nevada Mountains Snowfall in Los Alamos Decay: A Statewide Snow Event with Water and a First Snowfall since December 1st
California is off to a fast start with snowpack, a critical source of water and good news for some improvement in drought conditions. As of late last week, the state’s snowpack was running more than 150% of normal, according to the California Department of Water Resources.
Snow and wind will combine in the Sierra Nevada mountains to create blizzard conditions and make travel “very dangerous to impossible,” the National Weather Service warned.
In the western part of Nebraska, travel was closed because of snow and high winds. The Nebraska State Patrol, which was called to deal with several crashes and jackknifed semitrailers overnight, urged people to stay off the roads.
The California Department of Water Resources said in a release that the current Sierra Nevada Mountains snow survey shows the water content is well ahead of average for this time of year.
“It looks a lot like Christmas out here,” Deutschendorf said. “It didn’t come with a lot of wind, and it stuck to everything. It is like a picture postcard.
While he noted the snow totals so far are impressive, Deutschendorf said he is “cautiously optimistic” about this precipitation putting a big dent in the state’s drought.
“We’re Buried,” the Palisades Tahoe Ski Resort wrote on its website Sunday, sharing photos of thick snow covering the ski resort in Olympic Valley, California.
“This is definitely a storm to remember. We’ve now received 7.5 feet of snow since December 1st. In just 24 hours, we received the sixth largest snowfall on record, totaling 35 inches of snow, and it happened in less than a day.
The Last Week of Snowstorms in Rapid City, South Dakota, and Recent Flares of Hurricanes and Tornadoes in the Northeast
The National Weather Service office in Rapid City, South Dakota, said travel through the area will be nearly impossible Tuesday and Wednesday, and possibly into Thursday.
“More widespread freezing rain/sleet is expected Tuesday and Wednesday morning, with worsening travel impacts during this time,” the local weather agency said.
A statement was released to CNN Monday that said the last week of snowstorms were historic and brought over 30 inches of snow to the city.
These areas need the moisture and have seen great relief to drought conditions in the past week. Tennessee went from 98% of the state to 42% this week.
There was a confirmed tornado in Wayne that knocked out power and damaged some homes, but there were no injuries.
The town of Farmerville in northern Louisiana had an EF3 tornado, which had 140 mph winds, according to the NWS. The tornado injured at least 20 people in the area, according to a Farmerville Police Detective.
Several southern states were hit by tornadoes earlier this week due to the storm system hitting the Northeast. Dozens of tornadoes were reported across Mississippi, Louisiana, Florida, Texas, Alabama, Georgia and Oklahoma since Tuesday.
Storms and Floods in the Central Valleys of the U.S.: A Nebraska Truck Stop Manager Angular to a Family Home in Omaha
At the Flying J truck stop in Nebraska, the manager says that there’s essentially no one traveling right now. He will not be able to get back to his home Tuesday because of the roads being closed. “I can see to the first poles outside the doors, but I can’t see the rest of the lot right outside. I’ll most likely go to a motel room tonight.
The South Dakota Department of Public Safety tweeted Monday: “This is a ‘we are not kidding’ kind of storm.” People were told to stay home and stock up on essentials.
“It will be a busy week while this system moves across the country,” said Marc Chenard, a meteorologist at the National Weather Service’s headquarters in Maryland.
In northern Utah, a tour bus crashed Monday morning as snow and frigid temperatures blanketed the region. The bus flipped onto its side in Tremonton after the driver lost control while switching lanes, the state’s Highway Patrol said in a statement. The Highway Patrol said 23 passengers were injured, including some seriously.
The unrelenting storm system has cut a dangerous cross-country path since the beginning of week, bringing varying combinations of severe weather to different parts of the US.
A young boy was found dead in a wooded area of Pecan Farms where his home was destroyed Tuesday after a tornado hit Four Forts, Louisiana, about 10 miles (16 kilometers) from Shreveport, Caddo Sheriff Steve Prator said in a statement.
Just outside Dallas, storms left at least five people injured, Grapevine police said. Police say businesses like a mall and Sam’s Club were damaged.
Nolan told CNN that the damage to his mobile homes was the worst he had seen in 17 years.
Multiple tornadoes and flooding as the Great Lakes turned into a tornado: Two injured and two more people were injured in the early hours of Wednesday
Nolan said many people were injured while traveling in cars in the early hours of Wednesday.
More than 12 million people across parts of southeastern Oklahoma, southern Missouri, central and eastern Arkansas, western Tennessee, northwestern Mississippi and Texas are under ice storm warnings Wednesday.
The Storm Prediction Center issued a tornado watch for more than 8 million people across southwest Virginia, eastern Tennessee, western North and South Carolina and northern Georgia until 8 p.m. ET. The watch includes the metropolitan areas of Alabama, Tennessee, and Georgia.
Photos sent by the city show power lines down on the streets, as well as fallen trees and buildings, and a semitrailer that was thrown around a parking lot.
In Wise County there were two people injured and homes and businesses damaged. One person was hurt when their vehicle was overturned by wind, and the other was injured by flying debris.
“We were in the kitchen closet,” Stringfellow said. I saw the tornado and my boyfriend got up to look outside the window because we heard whistling and then the whole house was shaking. my roof cave in and the house went dark.”
The “one-in-five-year storm” worked its way through parts of Nebraska Tuesday and is expected to linger in the area through the end of the week, NWS metrologist Bill Taylor said.
And as freezing drizzle spread into central Illinois Sunday evening, the weather service office in Lincoln warned that slick roadways, sidewalks and parking lots are possible. “Use caution if heading out tonight,” forecasters said.
Travelers’ weather woes are likely to continue, with hundreds of flight cancellations already and more expected after a bomb cyclone — when atmospheric pressure drops very quickly in a strong storm — developed near the Great Lakes, stirring up blizzard conditions, including heavy winds and snow. Some 1,707 domestic and international flights were canceled on Sunday as of about 2 p.m. EDT, according to the tracking site FlightAware.
A possible tornado blew the roof off the city’s service center and left some of the roof hanging from powerlines, according to the deputy director of Grapevine Parks and Recreation.
In Colorado, all roads were closed in the northeast quadrant of the state. The severe weather in the region could hurt the animals. Extreme winds can push livestock through fences as they follow the gale’s direction, said Jim Santomaso, a northeast representative for the Colorado Cattlemen’s Association.
In central Minnesota, several inches of snow are expected with high winds creating the potential for a storm that could be described as a “bombardment”. A blizzard is when winds of at least 35 mph blow with falling or blowing snow and reduces visibility to a quarter-mile or less for at least three hours.
After a nor’easter dropped more than a foot of snow across many parts of interior New England, more is on its way Saturday as officials warn of dangerous travel conditions the weekend before Christmas.
Millions of people in the Northeast are under winter weather watches Friday because of the massive storm system that is threatening to bring dangerous road conditions.
Hochul asked everyone in the affected areas to avoid unnecessary travel tonight and tomorrow. Make sure you and your loved ones remain vigilant, work from home if possible, and stay off the roads.
The five largest airlines have issued waivers for travel at dozens of airports across the country because of low visibility that could make air travel dangerous.
Many faced difficult conditions at home while the storm was going on. The storm caused significant power outages in the area after electrical substations became snowed in and even frozen, meaning residents were home with no heating.
Icing up to two-tenths of an inch could be seen in Louisville, Kentucky, while Charleston, West Virginia, can see sleet up to an inch and ice up to a tenth of an inch.
Snow and Winds During a Superstorm on Saturday: California Power Line Outage and Flooding Laws in Southern California, New Hampshire, Maine, and New York
Farther west, strong winds from the powerful storm tore down power lines, knocking out power to more than 140,000 homes and businesses in California, where the reported outages occurred in the northern counties of the state including San Mateo, Santa Clara and Santa Cruz, according to the tracking site Poweroutage.us.
A mother and son were killed in Louisiana when their home was destroyed by a tornado.
The heavy, wet snow fell rapidly on Friday, tearing down trees and power lines which led to outages across Vermont, New Hampshire, Maine and New York. Forecasters have been pointing out that places with higher elevations were more likely to see heavier snow.
Efforts to bring extra workers to New England were not successful because of the icy roads, despite the fact that a large swath of the country had no power over the weekend.
The Vermont State Police advised drivers to slow down after responding to several crashes on Friday. Some roads were also closed due to the storm impact.
The weather service says that over a 36 hour period the town of Wilmington in Vermont had more than twenty five inches of snow.
Winter storm warnings in upstate New York will end in a couple of days. The predictions show that the cities can see 8 inches of snow, 14 inches, and 3 feet. Winds could also gust up to 40 mph.
The storm unleashed its full fury on Buffalo, with hurricane-force winds and snow causing whiteout conditions, paralyzing emergency response efforts. New York Gov. Kathy Hochul said almost every fire truck in the city was stranded Saturday. Officials said the airport would be shut through Tuesday morning. The National Weather Service said the snow total at the Buffalo Niagara International Airport stood at 43 inches (109 centimeters) at 7 a.m. Sunday.
“Snow showers are gradually coming to an end across the region with only light scattered snow showers expected through Saturday morning,” the weather service said.
The holiday week in much of the country will start with some of the lowest temperatures in the history of the world, and will get worse as there are snow squalls expected in several central and northwestern states.
In Kansas City the winter weather brought only an inch or two of snow. The city’s homeless services would be under strain due to the fact that temperatures were expected to remain below freezing.
High wind speeds and low temperatures can cause frostbite in less than 10 minutes, making it a bad idea for anyone to venture outside.
A winter storm warning is also in effect for northeastern Oregon, including Portland, from 4 p.m. to 10 p.m. PST. Total snow and sleet accumulations of up to one inch and ice accumulations of .2 to .4 inches is likely as well as winds gusting to 55 mph. Wind chills as low as zero are1-6556s and it’s possible to have sunburn in as little as 30 minutes.
“The bottom line is travel will be very dangerous and could be LIFE-THREATENING later this week so be prepared to alter travel plans now!” the local weather service office said.
Chicago is forecast to be one of the hardest hit cities, where a winter storm watch is in effect starting Thursday night through Friday evening. With the potential of snowstorms, holiday travel might not be possible for many friends and family.
The grid would hold up even though forecasts called for cold weather and no precipitation in Texas after the devastating winter storm of 2021 that left more than 200 people dead.
However, water pipes will be at risk of bursting, the weather service said. A wind chill watch for Amarillo, Texas, is in effect from Wednesday night through Friday afternoon.
The weather service said that outdoor pipes will be at risk due to cold and windy weather late this week. Make sure to cover the pipes and let the water flow.
The latest bulletin from the National Weather Service points to a strong arctic high pressure system that swept down from Canada on Tuesday and is poised to march towards the Southeast on Wednesday and Thursday.
The incoming arctic front will then cross over the northern Rockies, Great Basin and Northern Plains regions, sending temperatures plummeting as low as minus 30 degrees and winds gusting as fast as 60 mph.
Denver’s Super-Clean Weather Service predicts it will be Thursday’s Coldest Day in 32 Years: A Thunderstorm Event that Slammed Into the Great Lakes
The brutal weather conditions have also snarled travel during the busy holiday weekend, with more than 5,000 flights canceled Friday, more than 3,400 flights canceled Saturday, and more than 1,000 canceled for Christmas Day.
Those venturing outside should dress in layers, cover their skin and change into dry clothing as soon as possible. But, experts say, the best prevention by far is simply to stay indoors.
Denver will be at a high of 47 on Wednesday and a low of minus 14 on Thursday. The weather service says that it would be the city’s coldest day in 32 years.
The cold temperatures combined with dangerous wind chills will create a potentially life-threatening hazard for travelers who become stranded, people who work outside, livestock and pets, according to the National Weather Service.
Thursday’s storms “won’t be just another ‘run of the mill’ severe weather threat,” meteorologists at the weather service in Dallas warned, adding that those living where the threat is strongest should keep a close eye on alerts headed their way.
It’s possible snow could fall in Jackson, Mississippi, Memphis and Nashville on Thursday. Little to no accumulation is expected for most of the southern cities, however, Nashville could pick up about an inch of snow.
A powerful bomb cyclone slammed into the California coast Wednesday night, lashing the state with heavy downpours and hurricane-force winds as the storm advanced onshore.
As the storm moves towards the Great Lakes, the weather service forecasts it will be the strongest storm to hit the region in decades.
Georgia Governor Brian Kemp Declares a State of Emergency for the Very Low Temperature and Wind Chills of Deciding Snow and Getting Fuel for Urban Vehicles
“This is a case in which snow totals may not tell the whole story. Poor visibility and slippery spots on the roads can be caused by small snow amounts and strong wind gusts. The sudden arrival of these conditions can increase the danger,” the weather service explained.
Jackson and Birmingham will both spend more than 80 hours below freezing between Friday and Monday. Houston could sit below freezing for 46 hours between Thursday and Saturday.
The weather service predicts conditions will remain frigid on Monday but begin to improve on Tuesday and continue to improve as the week progresses.
Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp has declared a state of emergency due to the low temperatures and wind chills which will be at or below zero on Friday.
The declaration will help “ensure that essential supplies, especially propane can be delivered for both commercial and residential needs,” the governor told reporters.
It is expected that wind gusts will reach 40 to 50 mph on Friday and minus 10 to minus 26 degrees wind chills will be felt on Saturday. Beshear asked residents to stay off roads and to have a backup heat source.
“This is a very serious weather alert here”, said President Biden, speaking to reporters Thursday morning. “This is not like a snow day when you were a kid. This is serious stuff.
“The grid is ready and reliable,” said Peter Lake, chairman of the state’s Public Utility Commission, in a Wednesday news conference. “We have enough generation to meet demand during the winter event.”
The Chicago City Library – There’s nobody there, but you can do what you want to do, and you don’t have to walk in the cold
The city of Chicago has two major airports, O’Hare and Midway, which are used to serve as hubs for major airlines.
More than 350 pieces of snow removal equipment, more than 400,000 gallons of liquid deicer for runways, and more than 5,000 tons of salt will be available to these hard-working individuals.
Many of the area shelters are still at or close to capacity despite adding beds. Instead, some people sought shelter on the city’s streetcar, which was operating Thursday after crews had worked from 4 a.m. to clear the route and platforms.
“The library is closed. Pete, who didn’t give his name to KCUR, said that he had no place to live and probably would get kicked out if he went into a parking garage. “There’s not a lot you can do.”
“Even though this is kind of a worse winter than we’ve seen in the last few years, it’s nothing new to Montana. We’ve been running cattle for a long time, so we kind of know how to get through stuff like this,” Willemsma said.
Hank Willemsma, a rancher near Dillon, where Thursday’s high temperature was expected to reach minus 13 degrees, said he’d be working through the cold to keep hay out for his cattle.
Weather-related Auto Accidents and Fireballs in Montana and Washington D.C.: Long Beach, Ohio, and Kansas City, Flares and Icings
Additional reporting by NPR and Montana Public Radio, as well as by KCUR and Ivy Winfrey in Washington D.C.
The modes of transportation were being disrupted, including planes, trains, and automobiles. In New York, flooding along the Long Island Rail Road forced part of the Long Beach branch to temporarily shut down.
Mick Saunders said Christmas is canceled because of the weather conditions that are expected to last through Sunday morning. “All family and friends agreed it’s safer this way.”
In Ohio, four people have died and many others have been injured as a result of weather-related auto accidents.
One person was killed when their Dodge Caravan lost control on an icy road in Kansas City. The police said in a statement that the car went down the embankment and landed upside down in the creek.
“I called it a kitchen sink storm because it is throwing everything at us but the kitchen sink,” Hochul said at a press conference Friday afternoon. “We’ve had ice, flooding, snow, freezing temperatures, and everything that mother nature could wallop at us this weekend.”
The storm was living up to warnings at Brian Trzeciak’s home. Buffalo’s airport, just to the north, reported zero visibility shortly after noon on Friday.
COLD Christmas Day in Florida: FlightAware and Sound Transit Cancelations During the Coldest Period of the Week, and Decays of the Seattle International Airport
He said that his mother and her family live in the other direction. We are all hunkering down in our houses until Monday, when we are all able to get together for Christmas.
Much of Florida will experience the peak of their cold on Christmas Day. It will be very cold Christmas Day in the following locations: Miami, Tampa, Florida and West Palm Beach.
FlightAware says that more than 700 flights have been canceled in the US on Wednesday. Minneapolis and Denver had hundreds of flightcanceltions.
There are some areas that will see both extremes. The Washington, D.C. region is expected to fall below freezing late Friday and Saturday as a cold front moves through, according to the NWS. Many places also will see strong winds.
High winds can cause snow to accumulate on the ground, so even if the snow stops, there may be a whiteout.
The ice caused the closure of runways at Seattle-Tacoma International Airport, where nearly half of flights going into and out of the airport were canceled, according to FlightAware. Further, all express services for Sound Transit, a regional transportation network in the Seattle metro area, were suspended Friday due to the icy conditions.
The death of six people in a vehicular pileup on Ohio Turnpike in Tennessee, Kentucky, and the state of the affected power grid
At least six people were killed in vehicle crashes, with at least four of them succumbing to their injuries in a pileup on the Ohio Turnpike.
The wind chill in some places was as low as 20 degrees, while gusts knocked out power to thousands in Tennessee and Kentucky. People were told to stay home if possible by emergency responders.
WPL’s Pestleger reported that a power grid not accustomed to cold temperatures is under pressure, and that the Tennessee Valley Authority has asked local utilities to cut their electricity use. Customers in Nashville will experience 10-minute outages every few hours, until the power load stabilizes.
The restoration of power in weather like this is difficult, according to Scott Aronson, vice president of security.
“Sometimes accessing these areas can be really challenging with downed power lines, with downed trees, with very icy roads. … Crews cannot go up in bucket trucks if the wind is higher than 35 miles an hour,” Aaronson said. The power is out in the area and it will be hard for crews to get there.
Heavy rains and high winds wreaked havoc on New Jersey, leading to flooding at 9 feet along the coast. The interior locations along the Hudson River were flooded.
The Erie County Winter Storm of April 30, 2002, killed three people and left several more trapped inside their homes, according to Poloncarz
“That affects anyone who’s got a connecting flight and we are going to see a lot of people missing connecting flights with these long delays,” he said.
Many people stayed indoors during the winter storm that killed at least 34 people across the United States and was set to claim more lives after many people were trapped inside their homes.
Erie County had three storm-related deaths. Two died in separate incidents Friday night when emergency medical personnel could not get to their homes in time for medical emergencies, Poloncarz said Saturday morning. Details about the third death, confirmed by a county spokesperson Saturday afternoon, weren’t immediately available.
Mark Poloncarz, the Erie County executive, said Saturday that the storm could be worse than the one that devastated the area in 1977.
Emergency workers were still rescuing people from cars as darkness fell on Saturday — some of them trapped since Friday. The snow continued to fall, with some people at home prepared to spend another night without power.
In the Buffalo area, more than 25,000 customers were without electricity at that time. Utility crews were expected to fix some power substations by Saturday night, but he cautioned that some may not be restored until late Monday. Emergency workers saved at least 50 people from homes and cars in Erie County between Friday and Saturday, including a small child, said Chief Brian Britzzalaro.
Pedestrians left their homes after a storm surge caused by drowning and hitting people in Sacramento and Santa Cruz Parks, New York City
He said that it was complicated by drivers ignoring travel bans and becoming stuck or stranded.
County officials urged people to stay put, even without heat or power, and asked the National Guard to assist with rescue operations. The governor of New York said the airport was closed until Monday.
“Everyone is like, ‘Oh, you’re from Buffalo, you’re used to this,’” said Tommy Bellonte, 37, who briefly emerged from his Buffalo home Saturday morning to check on a neighbor. You can’t get used to it.
Some residents of beachfront areas in New York City also faced the prospect of leaving home for Christmas, after Friday’s storm surge caused heavy flooding in the Rockaways, swamping basement apartments, said Donovan Richards Jr., the Queens borough president.
At least two people died in the storm, including one who was found dead inside a completely submerged vehicle Saturday in Sacramento County, and a 72-year-old man who died after being struck by a fallen tree at a Santa Cruz park, according to officials.
As the cold set in, cities and towns opened warming shelters in fire stations and school gymnasiums, and residents sought refuge from the cold, spending Friday night in homes with fireplaces in the dark.
After a day without power, Shantel Moncrief and her husband attempted to sleep in their apartment in south Nashville on Friday night layered in sweaters and blankets. They moved to her mom’s house at 6 a.m. after being too cold to sleep at 2 a.m.
Con Edison Asks New York City Customers to Conserve Energy: Frank Anderson, 50, is in his Chevy pickup truck stuck in deep snow on Saturday morning
At La Guardia Airport in New York, more than 50 flights were canceled Saturday morning, and travelers prepared to spend Christmas Eve at the airport or in nearby hotels.
Misty and Dan Ellis arrived at the airport for check-in at 3 a.m. with their teenage children. Hours later, their flight was canceled, and each member of the family was rebooked on a different flight, said Mr. Ellis.
The family rented a car, which they will use to get to their home in Nashville. The cost would be hefty, Mr. Ellis said, but he did not mind paying it.
Thousands of utility workers and snowplow drivers were faced with another long night of work after darkness and cold hit Western New York on Saturday. Stores and streets were mostly empty of last-minute shoppers with the travel ban still in effect and the snow forecast to continue.
Frank Anderson, 50, was stuck in deep snow in his large white pickup truck on Saturday for the second time since wrapping up his shift as a prison guard.
He was still wearing his work jacket with the New York State corrections and community supervision emblem on his left sleeve and had only a spare sweater in his back seat, but his truck was stuck on Hertel Avenue as he tried to return to his wife and three children. He was about “a mile from home” in the suburb of Tonawanda.
Source: https://www.nytimes.com/live/2022/12/24/us/winter-storm-snow-weather/con-edison-asks-new-york-city-customers-to-conserve-energy
Cold Temperatures and Water Pressure on Christmas Eve in New York City During the December 24th-December Shock Event, Associated with a Department of Energy Emergency
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New York City saw record cold temperatures on Christmas Eve at several locations, including its JFK and LaGuardia airports. The high at Central Park was 15 degrees, marking its second-coldest December 24 in at least 150 years, according to the National Weather Service.
A power grid operator for at least 13 states in the country’s eastern half asked customers to conserve power and set thermostats lower than usual from early Saturday to 10 a.m. on Sunday because usage was straining capacity.
The operator, PJM Interconnection, serves about 65 million people in all or parts of Delaware, Illinois, Indiana, Kentucky, Maryland, Michigan, New Jersey, North Carolina, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Tennessee, Virginia, West Virginia, and the District of Columbia, and warned rolling blackouts could happen if the strain becomes too much.
Meanwhile, a shortage of electricity in Texas prompted the US Department of Energy to declare an emergency Friday, allowing the state’s energy provider to exceed environmental emissions standards until energy usage drops.
The cold weather is making it difficult to repair a large water main break in Jackson, Mississippi which has caused a lack of water pressure for residents.
“We are grateful to the crews who are braving these frigid temperatures on this Christmas Eve night, while working to restore pressure to residents. Their sacrifice does not go unnoticed and is appreciated not only by this administration, but also by every resident who is affected,” the release stated.
In New York’s Erie County – which is seeing blistering blizzard conditions – about 500 motorists found themselves stranded in their vehicles Friday night into Saturday morning, despite a county driving ban put in place during the storm, according to County Executive Mark Poloncarz.
The National Guard was called in to help rescue people stuck in vehicles, and to give rides to medical workers who had been working at the hospitals for a long time, Poloncarz said.
On the Crossroads of Memphis and Louisville, Kentucky, and Austin, Tenn., on Monday, December 21, 2013. The Buffalo – Buffalo Center Center for Disease Control
By Monday, ice had spread across grounds in Memphis, Tennessee, Louisville, Kentucky, as well as Texas, where at least some car crashes were reported with no injuries.
Hochul told reporters that he would request a declaration of emergency from the federal government to allow for reimbursements for overtime and other expenses. “We’ve deployed individuals – the utility crews have come but also making sure that we have all the vehicles we need.”
Hochul pointed out that the loss of two lives in Buffalo because people were unable to get to medical attention is a crisis situation that unfolds before your eyes.
The Colorado Springs Police Department have reported two deaths related to the cold in the last few days, with one man found near a power transformer and another in an alleyway.
The storm system is expected to weaken as it arrives in southeastern Canada, and will pull much of the warm air from Canada down into the eastern part of the country.
The Arctic blast being felt across the eastern two-thirds of the nation will slowly moderate into Monday, but dangerous conditions will persist Christmas Day.
Lake-effect snows will continue to make for hazardous travel conditions for the next couple of days and conditions are expected to slowly improve over the week.
By Christmas night into Monday, another low pressure system coming from the Pacific will deliver the next surge of moisture toward the Pacific Northwest and then into northern California, according to the Weather Service.
Daylight revealed cars nearly covered by 6-foot snowdrifts and thousands of houses, some adorned in unlit holiday displays, dark from a lack of power. With snow swirling down untouched and impassable streets, forecasters warned that an additional 1 to 2 feet of snow was possible in some areas through early Monday morning amid wind gusts of 40 mph.
“Some were found in cars, some were found on the street in snowbanks,” said Poloncarz. People have been stuck in cars for more than 2 days.
“There’s one warming shelter, but that would be too far for me to get to. “I’m stuck, so I can’t drive.” “You can’t be outside for more than 10 minutes without getting frostbit.”
Wind-Induced Blackouts in the Upper Midwest: Ditjak and William Kless in Buffalo, Mississippi, and Henderson Harbor, North Dakota, Survived in Snow
Ditjak Ilunga of Gaithersburg, Maryland, was on his way to visit relatives in Hamilton, Ontario, for Christmas with his daughters Friday when their SUV was trapped in Buffalo. They spent hours with the engine running, buffeted by wind and almost buried in snow, because they couldn’t get help.
By 4 a.m. Saturday, their fuel was almost gone and Ilunga had a choice to risk the storm to get to a shelter. He carried 6-year-old Destiny on his back while 16-year-old Cindy clutched their Pomeranian puppy, following his footprints through drifts.
“If I stay in this car I’m going to die here with my kids,” Ilunga recalled thinking. He cried when the family walked through the shelter doors. “It’s something I will never forget in my life.”
Concerns about rolling blackouts across eastern states subsided Sunday after PJM Interconnection said its utilities could meet the day’s peak electricity demand. The mid-Atlantic grid operator had called for its 65 million consumers to conserve energy amid the freeze Saturday.
In Jackson, Mississippi, city officials on Christmas Day announced that residents must now boil their drinking water due to water lines bursting in the frigid temperatures While in Tampa, Florida, the thermometer plunged below freezing for the first time in almost five years, according to the National Weather Service — a drop conducive to cold-blooded iguanas falling out of trees.
William Kless was in Buffalo at 3 a.m. on Sunday. He called his three children at their mom’s house to wish them a merry Christmas and then went out on his snowmobile to take people to a church that was opening as a warming shelter.
He transported a family of five with him to the church in Buffalo on Saturday through heavy, wind-driven snow. He was able to get a man who needed to get rid of his Dialysis, who had been stranded in his car for 17 hours, back home for treatment.
Many cities and towns remain covered in snow. Over separate 24-hour spans, Baraga, Michigan, received 42.8 inches of snow while Henderson Harbor, New York, got 40.8 inches.
Snowstorms in Buffalo, NY: Governor Eric Hochul and the driving ban in Erie County, N.J., through the Monday morning
Hochul is urging residents to stay off the roads as a driving ban remains in effect in Erie County through Monday.
Hochul said the state and county plows have been out there nonstop giving up time and putting themselves in danger to clear the roads.
Think about looking in front of you at a sheet of white for more than 24 hours in a row. He said that it was similar to what it was outside. No one could see where the people were going due to the constant snowstorm. Nobody had any idea what was happening.”
Hundreds of cars were left in the snow as a storm howled in Buffalo, according to New York State Police. Authorities were going door-to-door, car-to-car, checking for people, he said.
Some residents have remained in their homes for the last 56 hours, some without power in the freezing cold, Hochul said during the press conference. This is not due to a lack of resources, the governor said, but rather a mobility and access challenge faced by utility companies.
Much of the rest of the eastern part of the country will still be in a deep freeze through Monday before a moderating trend sets in on Tuesday, forecasters said.
The Buffalo Police “once-in-a-generation” Storm and the Effects of Mother Nature on Emergency Service, Food Banks, and Superfood Banks
Buffalo Police have provided hundreds of rescues, and have rescued many stranded motorists in the city. “In some of these circumstances, some of these people might not have survived if it weren’t for the efforts of first responders to rescue them from vehicles.”
Brown said the storm was called a “once-in-a-generation storm”. It’s different than what the city of Buffalo is used to getting.
“That number is now below 10,000, and we will continue to work aggressively and strategically with National Grid all day today to continue to reduce that number and get everyone’s power restored,” he added, referring to the local utility.
Hochul said during Monday’s news conference that there were scores and scores of abandoned vehicles during the storm. She said that the situation is still dangerous to be out of.
“I have a bad feeling about that. I think the death toll is going to go up,” the sheriff said. It is gut-wrenching when you have unanswered calls in emergency medical services.
Hochul said Monday that the state has stockpiled ready-to-eat meals and “thousands” are ready to be distributed to food banks but noted that road conditions are paralyzing aid efforts.
We have to have all of the resources on hand. But, when mother nature literally shuts down and creates a wall that you cannot see past, it is not safe, for not just emergency vehicles, but the trucks that are bringing groceries to the stores and the stores are being shutdown anyhow – that is the paralysis we’re experiencing,” Hochul said.
She said the request to declare a federal emergency for Erie and Genesee counties will be important in assisting the recovery efforts from the storm.
A Thunderstorm on Tuesday, December 26, 1996: Portland, Oregon, Reports to the National Weather Service and the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Office
Colin Bourgeois, an advisor to the Portland Convention and Visitors Bureau, said strong gusts of wind in Portland could knock down trees that have been weakened by weather extremes.
The heat dome and the dry summers really hurt trees because they take up a lot of the energy they need to fight off pathogens.
Portland recorded 2.12 inches of rain, breaking the old record of 1.08 inches set on December 26, 1996. Monday was the third-rainiest December day on record in Portland.
There was a warning from the weather service on Friday that there may be flash floods, mud slides, and other hazardous conditions overnight in Los Angeles County. The threat zone was centered around L.A., Hollywood, Beverly Hills and many suburbs.
“Say goodbye to the warmth,” the National Weather Service in Los Angeles tweeted Monday. “Big drop in temperatures on track between today and tomorrow (Tuesday). Expect 15-20 degrees of cooling thanks to the approaching storm system.”
The system that left thousands without power in Oregon and closed an interstate in Colorado will sweep through the East on Friday and Saturday. The storms will hit the South on Friday and then hit the Northeast on Saturday.
That means that New Years Eve celebrations will most likely be disrupted in New York City and Washington, DC. Los Angeles is also expected to have a wet new year.
State Highway Flood Control for the Sacramento River, State Highway 50, East of Sacramento, California, from Day to Day Afternoon and Day 8 through Sunday
A Flash Flood Watch was in place along and west of 5 Freeway to the Sacramento River, where there were worries about excessive rainfall and flooding on the Cosumnes and Mokelumne Rivers.
There is a 50% chance of rain in the city through Saturday, with the worst of the rain expected in the early hours of Sunday. There will be highs near 50 through most of the day.
“The slight risk area mostly highlights places that are already high in soil moisture, burn scars and urban areas,” the Weather Prediction Center said.
There was heavy mountain snow and rain that closed the interstate for nine hours, stranding drivers.
Dangerous conditions Tuesday in Oregon left five people dead, including a 4-year-old girl, after severe weather caused trees to fall on passing vehicles, state police said.
A so-called atmospheric river storm pulled in a long and wide plume of moisture from the Pacific Ocean. Part of the state has been closed due to flooding and rock slides.
More than 150,000 customers were without power in the state’s capital, and at least 40,000 were still without it early Sunday, down from more than 150,000 a day earlier.
The state transportation agency reported numerous road closures, including Highway 70 east of Chico, which was partially closed by a slide, and the northbound side of Highway 49, east of Sacramento, which was closed because of flooding. There was a section of Highway 50 that had to be closed due to flooding.
State Highway Patrol, Ski Resorts and the San Francisco Pedestrian Center report flooding after the December 20 December 20 earthquake of Santa Barbara, Calif.
Saturday was the 2ndwettest day on record in San Francisco with 5 inches of rain occurring at midafternoon. The nearly three-decade old record is at risk with rain continuing to fall.
The California Highway Patrol said a section of U.S. 101 — one of the state’s main traffic arteries — was closed indefinitely south of San Francisco because of flooding. Videos on Twitter showed mud-colored water streaming along San Francisco streets, and a staircase in Oakland turned into a veritable waterfall by heavy rains.
The storm could drop over an inch of rain in the Sacramento area before moving south, according to the weather service. A ski resort south of Lake Tahoe posted on social media that there were operational problems and one lift had been closed because of flooding.
The map, displayed on the agency’s website, shows a wide range of precipitation totals, from less than an inch in some areas to over five inches in the Sierra foothills.
The Stockton Police Department posted photos of a flooded railroad underpass and a car that appeared stalled in more than a foot (30 centimeters) of water.
The deluges have occurred as California has been enveloped by drought and faced fierce wildfires that have scarred the landscape. If there is more flooding, many parts of the state will not be able to absorb it.
According to the National Weather Service’s office, roadways began to flood in the aftermath of the 6.4 magnitude earthquake that struck on December 20. The bridge that was closed last week due to earthquake damage could have to be closed again if the river gets too high.
Sacramento Flood Watches and Warnings during the First of a Statewide “Stormageddon,” the Sacramento County Sheriff’s Office
It was the first of several storms expected to roll across California over the next week. The current system is expected to be warm and wet, but next week’s storms are expected to be cold.
“Strong winds could cause tree damage and lead to power outages and high waves on Lake Tahoe may capsize small vessels,” the weather service in Reno said.
On the Sierra’s eastern front, flood watches and warnings were issued into the weekend north and south of Reno, Nevada, where minor to moderate flooding was forecast along some rivers and streams.
On top of urban flooding, several rivers began overflowing, including the Cosumnes and Mokelumne rivers and the Mormon Slough, according to the National Weather Service in Sacramento. The Sierra foothills and southern Sacramento Valley were subject to flood warnings.
The Santa Cruz County Sheriff’s Office instructed the people of three communities near the city of Watsonville to evacuate because of the rising San Lorenzo River waters.
The recent rains left soils saturated and prone to flooding in the state, according to the Weather Service.
The Sacramento County area was particularly hard hit, with emergency crews spending the weekend rescuing multiple flood victims by boats and helicopter and responding to fallen trees and disabled vehicles in the flood waters, the Sacramento Metropolitan Fire District said.
Calling it “Stormageddon,” the Amador County Sheriff’s Office shared an image of cars up to their doorhandles in floodwaters and said there’s been reports of flooding, mudslides and trees blocking roadways.
Highway 50 was reopened just after midnight, hours after a section between Pollock Pines and Meyers was closed due to flooding from the American River, while another section was closed over Echo Summit for avalanche control work.
Multiple-Hazard Storms at the Mills in Point Pleasant and Mississippi, and New Record-Breaking Rainfalls in Memphis and Jackson
There have been transportation impacts, rising creek levels and floods in the area because of the atmospheric river.
The snow accumulated in the high Sierra Nevada and the resort said it would cause major delays in opening chairlifts. On Saturday, the resort reported numerous lift closings, citing high winds, low visibility and ice.
The California Highway Patrol stated that there were dangerous driving conditions with vehicles stuck on the I-80 and county roads at the Nevada State line.
In Southern California, several people were rescued after floodwaters inundated cars in San Bernardino and Orange counties. No major injuries were reported.
With the area dry on New Years Day and no forecast of precipitation during Monday’s Rose Parade in Pasadena, spectators staked out their spots.
An order to evacuate was issued on Sunday for the rural areas of Point Pleasant, along with Glanville Tract and Franklin Pond.
“It is expected that the flooding from the Cosumnes River and the Mokelumne River is moving southwest toward I-5 and could reach these areas in the middle of the night,” the agency tweeted.
Damaging winds, large hail, and some tornadoes could be seen from southern Indiana through Kentucky and Tennessee and into northeastern Alabama and northwestern Georgia. The regions have a greater risk of severe storms that could be more widespread and intense.
The multi-hazard storm – which headed into central and Southern US after battering California with deadly floods – has already triggered at least 120 storm reports over the past two days and left a trail of destruction as it barreled across the country, shifting to the South and Southeast.
The storm has also brought some heavy rain, with much of the South seeing 48-hour rainfall totals between 2-4 inches. Some areas across the Mississippi and Ohio River Valley received up to 6 inches, and isolated areas across eastern Arkansas received 10 inches.
Memphis and Jackson had record-breaking rain on Tuesday. Memphis received 3.84 inches, shattering its previous daily record of 2.13 inches set in 1949. Jackson set a new daily record on Tuesday with 2.58 inches, beating the previous average of 1.69 inches.
We can set more than 130 high temperature records in the Southeast Tuesday through Friday, and more than 40 low temperature records in the Northwest.
State of Emergency for San Bernardino County, Los Angeles, and Santa Barbara counties following a Saturday High-Cascade Mudslide
In Garland County, Arkansas, damage was also reported in the area where a number of homes were damaged by trees and power lines falling.
“The school was currently in session at the time, however all students have been accounted for and reports of no injury,” the Sheriff’s Office said in a release.
“The best thing is my husband and I are alive. Sylvia Hester, the home owner, told the station she and her husband were thankful that they were here, because material things can be replaced but our lives can’t.
Jackson Parish residents were told to stay off the roads on Monday as severe weather knocked down trees and powerlines, and left roadways with water.
Rainfall rates over one inch per hour are possible, which could unleash flooding and mudslides on an already saturated region hit with a different storm that brought deadly floods just last weekend.
Newsom declared a state of emergency for San Bernardino County and 12 others – among them Los Angeles and Santa Barbara counties – late Wednesday, with his office saying in a statement that a significant number of state personnel had responded to support San Bernardino County.
State officials warned that the public was urged to be on the lookout for potential flooding and mud slides in areas that had recently been burned by fires. A debris flow can take homes off their foundations, and carry items such as boulders and cars.
As the storm marched towards California, firefighters and rescue equipment were stationed near burn scar areas across seven counties, as well as five other counties with flooding concerns, state officials said.
Among the areas ordered to evacuate is Montecito, the site of a mudslide in 2018 that killed 23 people as mud and boulders the size of houses plowed down the Santa Barbara hillsides, splintering more than 100 homes and rupturing a gas main, according to the state’s Office of Emergency Services.
Das Williams is the first district supervisor in Santa Barbara County. It is a must to evacuate and comply with the order if you live in that red zone.
Emergency shelters were started in Monterey County ahead of the storm, according to the sheriff’s Facebook page.
The section of coastal Highway 1 from Ragged Point in San Luis Obispo County to South of Big Sur in Monterey County is closed due to rockslides.
Social Media Comments on a Unseen Flooding and Flooding Event Wednesday evening in Oakland, Calif. The Oakland Public Works Department Announced a Local Emergency
The city had already seen some localized flooding, a couple mudslides and sinkholes as of Wednesday evening, said Mary Ellen Carol, executive director of San Francisco’s Department of Emergency Management.
The San Francisco fire department took to social media to say they rescued a family trapped in a car after a tree was on top of it.
And earlier in the day, there were reports of falling glass from a downtown high rise in Fox Plaza, though no injuries were reported. “It is unknown at this time if this is wind-related – highly possible though,” the San Francisco Fire Department said in a tweet.
Oakland officials have declared a local emergency due to storm damage and flooding on the city’s roads.
The storm caused widespread outages at the largest gas and electric utility company in California.
“We’re seeing a significant number of trees falling into our lines, as well as other impacts on our power system,” PG&E’s Teresa Alvarado said on Twitter. We are getting ready for a major repair and restoration effort.
Hundreds of crews are staging around the area, some from Southern California Edison, which is assisting in the response, according to the vice president of the Bay Area region.
In a video posted on the PG&E’s page, an expert said that the storm was going to be ranked up there with one of the storms she has ever seen.
The First Victim of a Snow-Driven Car Dies in Northern California on Wednesday Night, When A 19-Year-old Woman is Killed
Excessive rain proved deadly Wednesday when a 19-year-old woman died after crashing her car into a utility pole on a partially flooded road in Northern California, the Fairfield Police Department said. The driver skidded off the road, hitting a patch of standing water and hydroplaned before crashing into a utility pole, police said.
A young child about 1 or 2 years old was killed on Wednesday when a tree fell on a home in Northern California, a fire department chief said.
In nearby San Francisco, some saw localized flooding, mudslides and sinkholes as of Wednesday evening, said Mary Ellen Carol, executive director of the city’s emergency management department.
The cold air that settled in behind the arctic front was very bitter, and over 15 million people were under wind chill warnings Monday.
In Memphis, Tennessee up to half an inch of ice could be seen on roads. In the state’s Dyer County, icy conditions led officials to shut down the I-155 bridge, according to the highway patrol.
Significant icing of half an inch is expected in Austin, San Angelo and Dallas while San Antonio may see a tenth of an inch of ice.
In Oklahoma, deteriorating travel conditions were expected to begin Monday morning as sleet and freezing rain moved into the area, according to the weather service office in Norman.
When the collision happened and there was no new snow, the visibility was down because of the excessive blowing snow and winds. Areas along the I-80 saw between 1 and 5 inches of snow, with isolated areas along the highway seeing even higher accumulations.
The amount of ice will lead to tree damage and power outages across the most affected regions, according to the National Weather Service.
State of Emergency, Emergency Management, and Emergency Management in Little Rock (Arkansas) During the March Snowstorm: Winter Ice Storm Sued Central Us
Amid such conditions, the governor has requested the state’s emergency management division to increase its resources so it can be ready to respond through Thursday.
As ice began forming on roads in Little Rock, Arkansas, the governor declared a state of emergency Monday and activated the winter weather support teams of the state’s National Guard to be prepared in helping police in their response to the storm.
The governor wants Arkansans to avoid travel if possible because of the winter weather.
The order directed $250,000 to be used for program and administrative expenses by the head of the state’s Division of Emergency Management.
“The real enemy is going to be that ice,” said Dave Parker, a spokesperson for the Arkansas Department of Transportation. “This could potentially be a pretty dangerous situation.”
Indeed, Tuesday is expected to be the toughest day for driving as Texas bridges and roads become icy, according to the weather service’s Fort Worth office.
Meantime, Texas’ primary electricity provider, the Electric Reliability Council of Texas, told CNN it will be able to meet residents’ demand as temperatures plummet.
“We expect sufficient generation to meet forecasted demand and are continuing to monitor forecasts, this week. We are not asking for Conservation at this time. We are informing the public that IF they are experience an outage to reach out to their local power provider,” the agency said in an email.
Source: https://www.cnn.com/2023/01/31/weather/winter-ice-storm-south-central-us/index.html
Collision of a 35-Year-Old Truck in Eldorado, TX: Icing and Snowy Roads
In neighboring Oklahoma, residents in Oklahoma City are under a winter weather advisory through Wednesday afternoon, with the expectation of seeing up to two tenths of an inch of ice.
There are a number of accidents that have already been reported on Tuesday, due to icy and snowy roads. A person had died in a collision and there was a spike in car pile-ups as the Austin Fire Department said it was seeing.
“As we mobilize the resources Texans need to stay safe, I encourage everyone to remain weather-aware, check DriveTexas.org before traveling, and heed the guidance from local officials,” Abbott said in a statement.
Many colleges and schools in Texas, Oklahoma and Arkansas were planning to shut down or switch to online learning on Tuesday, the Associated Press reported.
A 49-year-old woman was killed this week when she lost control of her truck on an icy road north of Eldorado, the Texas Department of Public Safety told CNN on Wednesday.
We helped other cars that were stuck on the streets before we got to I-20. “We eventually came across the standstill on Interstate 20 and helped an additional 20 trucks.”
“Everyone was very grateful for our help, especially the truck drivers. The people asked if we were going to charge them but we told them that we were just there to help.
The Anomaly in the Central and Eastern U.S. Wednesday through Friday: Record High Temperatures in the Southeast, Mid-Atlantic and Ohio Valley
“Prepare for tree limb breakage and localized power outages in this region, in addition to hazardous or impossible travel conditions,” the weather service in Dallas warned.
The Texas National Guard was prepared to give out welfare checks and help stranded motorists. And Texas Parks and Wildlife has at least 30 responders ready for search and rescue operations.
Editor’s Note: A version of this article originally appeared in the weekly weather newsletter, the CNN Weather Brief, which is released every Monday. You can sign up here to receive them every week and during significant storms.
The Cascade Mountains could see as much as three feet of snow in the highest elevations through Tuesday, while winds in the Pacific Northwest have the potential to gust up to 60 mph. Large waves and beach erosion will occur because of the high seas just offshore.
Blizzard warnings are in place for southern Wyoming, where nearly two feet of snow and winds gusting more than 70 mph will create blinding conditions. The winds will be so cold that they will plunge you to 25 degrees below zero.
If you’re traveling across the U.S. this week, you might feel summer in one spot and winter in another: The National Weather Service is predicting temperatures hitting record highs and lows, while a huge winter storm “will plague a large portion of the country.”
The term the NWS Climate Prediction Center and many forecasters are using to describe the overall weather pattern is “anomalous” — for the unusual cold and warmth that people will experience.
People living in the eastern part of the country wonder if winter is already over as they watch early blooms emerge. It was forecast to be a warm day on Monday across the central and eastern U.S.
The area is going to have a lot of record highs on Thursday. The high could be 35 degrees above normal in the Southeast, Mid-Atlantic and Ohio Valley.
It will be warm with temperatures in the 70s and 80s by Tuesday before rising to the 90s by Thursday in the Florida peninsula. These temperatures are running 20 to 35 degrees above normal and are typically highs seen in May or early June.
From Tuesday to Friday, more than 120 cities could set new daily and monthly high temperature records.
Weather Forecasts for Sioux Falls, South Dakota, and Minneapolis, the state of emergency management, and the Ruin of South Dakota’s Central Assisted Living Facility
Gov. Tim Walz directed the state’s National Guard, the transportation department and the state patrol to be prepared to respond storm impacts, he said on Twitter.
Sioux Falls, South Dakota: In addition to the up to 4 inches of snow the state has already seen, snowfall up to 16 inches and winds of 45 mph are also expected.
South Dakota plans to close executive branch offices in more than 50 percent of the state on Wednesday so employees can work from home. Additionally, Interstates 29 and 90 partially closed Tuesday night to prepare for the expected snow.
Eastern Wyoming College announced the closure of its main campus. The Natrona County school district will conduct a virtual learning day Wednesday due to road conditions and the weather.
The highway patrol said that crews were involved in search-and-rescue mode in Wyoming after more than 40 inches of snow fell in the southern part of the state.
In Minnesota, swaths of which saw 3-7 inches with locally higher amounts as of early Thursday, more than 160 vehicle crashes were reported and dozens of cars spun off roads Wednesday, Minnesota State Patrol spokesperson It was a lieutenant. Gordon said in a series of words.
The First Weather Service Blizzard Warning in Los Angeles County During the First Snow and Freezing Rain of the State Since February 21st
The governor of Wisconsin declared a statewide energy emergency Wednesday because of the snow and freezing rain hitting the state.
Out west, in an extremely rare event, California’s Los Angeles and Ventura Counties will be under blizzard warnings from Friday morning through Saturday afternoon, the weather said. That will be the first blizzard warning issued by the weather service’s Los Angeles office since 1989, it said.
There was a 100 degree temperature difference between the North and South this week from the winter storm and heat wave.
Most of the flights at Green Bay’s international airport were canceled on Thursday morning.
The governor’s office announced that state offices would be closed on Thursday as the storm was predicted to bring significant snow to the state.
The temperature in Atlanta in February was an all-time record. Washington, D.C., and New Orleans both had their hottest days of the year on Wednesday.
On Friday, forecasters also urged mariners near the coast of the state’s San Luis Obispo and Santa Barbara counties to “seek safe harbor immediately” — warning of severe thunderstorms that could produce sudden waterspouts, powerful enough to “easily overturn boats.” The two counties are also at risk of seeing small tornadoes on land.
More than 100,000 homes and businesses were without power in several county early Saturday after this week’s severe weather caused countless power outages across the state.
Michigan was hit with freezing rain and ice, which disrupted travel and posed a risk for livestock and infrastructure. Port Austin and Midland recorded the most snow with over 8 inches of it. According to the National Weather Service, there was ice in the south of the state.
In addition to the snow, some Los Angeles-area roads turned into rivers on Friday after bouts of heavy rain, prompting the weather service to issue a flash flood warning.
The Mid-Michigan Toll Road Floods During a Storm, and Residents in Kalamazoo, Michigan, Learned by Allison Rinker
Hundreds of thousands of people in the Midwest are still dealing with the consequences of the same weather system that struck California and several other states earlier this week.
600,000 customers of one of Michigan’s largest electricity providers have been impacted by the storms so far. The utility said that the power was restored to 600,000 customers by Sunday night.
DTE, one of Michigan’s largest electric providers, is restoring power to stricken areas but cautioned it will not be able to return service to most customers before Sunday.
The massive pileup on the Massachusetts toll road may have been caused by icy conditions in New England, according to the Massachusetts State Police.
The weather service said Saturday that the flooding in both counties is done and that there is no longer a threat.
The spokesman for Consumers Energy said that half an inch of ice was equivalent to the weight of a baby grand piano.
In Kalamazoo, Michigan, Allison Rinker was using a borrowed generator to keep her 150-year-old house warm Saturday after two nights in the cold and dark.
She said that they were all survivors, but spirits were low on the second day. “As soon as the heat came back and we were able to have one or two lights running, it was like a complete flip in attitude.”
She said that the ice that fell from the trees was hitting her car so hard that she was afraid it was going to crack. “There’s just tree limbs everywhere, half of the trees just falling down. The destruction is insane.”
Snow and Wind in Southern Nevada after the Second Heaviest Snowfall on Record in the State of Oregon, Northern Arizona, and Washington, California
A low-pressure system is predicted to bring widespread rain and snow in southern Nevada by Saturday afternoon and across northwest Arizona by Sunday morning, according to the National Weather Service.
Yet the cold weather blasting the North and West avoided the southern states, leading to wild temperatures differences. On Friday, the high temperature was 93 degrees Fahrenheit (34 degrees C) at Falcon Lake, Texas, while the low was minus-34 degrees Fahrenheit (1.7 Celsius) near Huntley, Montana.
Much of Portland was shut down with icy roads not expected to thaw until Saturday after the city’s second-heaviest snowfall on record this week: nearly 11 inches (28 centimeters).
Tim Varner sat in a Portland storefront doorway under blankets to protect him from the wind and snow. The homeless man, who has been homeless for two decades, said it was hard to reach a shelter because of theaccessibility of a shopping cart.
He said that it was impossible. The snow builds up on the wheels of the cart and then you are unable to get traction because of slippery spots. So you’re stuck.”
In addition, the area received several inches of rain, including more than four inches in Holy Jim Canyon, Lower Silverado Canyon, and Henshaw Dam, and more than three inches in Costa Mesa, Mount Woodson and Carlsbad Airport.
There were dangerous travel conditions caused by the storm. In Los Padres National Forest, State Route 33 was closed due to rock slides and erosion from this and previous storms, according to video from the California Department of Transportation.
The Air Force at McConnell Air Force Base in Kansas moved most of their aircraft to protect them from damage because they were anticipating a storm that could cause some damage.
Yosemite National Park is Closed for Blizzard Warning, and the Great Lakes are Expect to be Leashed by Snow on Sunday
Yosemite National Park was closed Saturday due to severe weather and will not reopen until at least Wednesday as a multi-day blizzard warning remains in effect across Yosemite Valley, the park announced. The park said that the valley could get as much as 84 inches of snow by Wednesday.
A derecho is a widespread, long-lived windstorm that typically causes damage in one direction across a relatively straight path, according to the National Weather Service. To be classified as a derecho, the stretch of wind damage should extend more than 240 miles and include wind gusts of at least 58 mph along most of its length, it says.
After a tornado warning was issued, students at the University of Oklahoma were told to immediately take shelter.
This week, the Great Lakes are poised to be hit all over again, including Michigan where about 146,000 homes and businesses still do not have power after the prior storms damaged trees and utility lines.
There’s a chance for between 2 and 8 inches of snow in the region Monday, as a second round of precipitation moves into the area.
The governor of California declared a state of emergency in San Bernardino County and 13 other counties after a winter storm dumped a foot of snow in the state.
The Governor’s Office of Emergency Services has been working to bring additional snow plows and road crews to the county, and personnel from Cal Fire and the California National Guard “are readied to support operations.”
Among those trapped were more than 600 students who were scheduled to return home last Friday but got stuck at their camps due to the storm. The buses were escorted down the mountain by the Highway Patrol to make sure the children could get together with their families, according to a school district spokeswoman.
The National Weather Service warned that if you plan to travel by road at high altitudes in West Coast states, you should be prepared for changing conditions and have winter driving supplies.
“Bring chains and know how to use them. Bring an emergency kit that includes warm clothes, snacks and water in case you are delayed. Make sure your vehicle is ready with good tires and working wiper blades,” the Oregon Department of Transportation said.
Multiple tornadoes, wind gusts, and isolated thunderstorms in Oklahoma, as observed by the San Bernardino County Sheriff’s office
Officials in Oklahoma are still assessing the damage, though the most concentrated impacts appear to be in Norman, Shawnee and possibly Cheyenne, according to a spokesperson for the Oklahoma Department of Emergency Management and Homeland Security.
The risk for tornadoes and large hail is highest in the morning storms, which are more likely to be strong supercell thunderstorms.
A squall line, a strong line of thunderstorms, is expected to develop Thursday afternoon and will increase the threat of damaging winds.
There is a chance of small hail, damaging wind gusts, and isolated tornadoes in eastern Kentucky and the western Carolinas in the afternoon on Friday. The threat is expected to go away late Friday night.
San Bernardino County Fire Chief Dan Munsey said at a news conference on Wednesday that over 100 rescues have been conducted by authorities there, and no serious injuries or deaths have been discovered.
We are responding to medical calls. These trapped vehicles have fires in them. Munsey said they were going to people’s houses where trees had fallen or there was a roof collapse, and they were going to evacuate them.
The Last Round of Snow: Valley Firefighters, Emergency Services, Highway 168 Shutdown, Power Restoration, and Business Facilities in Westfield, Texas
The mountain communities could take up to 10 days to dig out, according to officials at the news conference. Mountain residents were still unable to access roads Wednesday, per fire department spokesperson Eric Sherwin. The Public Works director said that the county has 500 miles of winding and tight roads in the mountain areas.
The National Weather service says many parts of California were buried in a lot of snow in the last week and that some places received over 100 inches of snow. Residents in a three-story apartment building in Olympic Valley had to be evacuated after it was struck by an avalanche Tuesday evening, engulfing the bottom two stories, the sheriff’s office said on Facebook. The building’s occupants were uninjured.
According to the report by the office of emergency services, 10 to 12 feet of snow were reported near China Peak, leading to the shut down of Highway 168.
Flash flood warnings stretch about 400 miles across portions of Arkansas, Tennessee, Missouri, Illinois, Kentucky and Indiana. Most of the warnings will remain in effect through the morning.
Power was restored to medical facilities west of Fort Worth in Weatherford, Texas, where more than half the city was initially without power and many homes, businesses and the city hall were damaged, said city spokesman Blake Rexroat.
But many communities blanketed by the last round of snow have yet to recover as snowfall blocked critical roads, trapped them in their homes and damaged vital businesses such as grocery stores.
Lois Barton, 48, of Placer County, died from a snow-induced home fire on Tuesday night: A weather-related incident
An elderly woman named Lois Barton died of a weather-related problem in Placer County, according to the sheriff’s office. She did not share the circumstances of the death, though where the incident occurred saw heavy snow and temperatures around freezing on Tuesday, CNN meteorologists said.
According to the San Bernardino County fire department, a number of structure fires appear to be storm-related. The department said the number of fires is “atypical” but did not provide an exact number.
The Chief believes gas leaks are to blame for several house fires in the mountain communities. Many of them are in areas with unpassable roads. Munsey said firefighters are often forced to dig hydrants out of the snow, respond by foot and using snowcats to fight fires.
Rescuers are supplied with meals-ready-to-eat to distribute with those unable to get food, San Bernardino County Sheriff Shannon Dicus said in a press conference on Friday. There will be food distribution points and a convoy with other supplies will be escorted up the mountain by the first responders.
There have been over 100 inches of snow on Crestline and Lake Arrowhead in the last few days. Aerial footage from CNN affiliate KCAL shows neighborhoods with indiscernible streets and homes with snow piled to second-story windows.
The only way to get around is by shoveling walkways for emergency exits, Solo said. He added, “Everyone every day has been shoveling, and then it’ll snow another two feet.”
