Storms sweep the US from coast to coast causing frigid temps, power outages and traffic accidents

[Omaha Steve]

Source: AP

By STEVE LeBLANC
Updated 12:40 AM CDT, March 25, 2024

BOSTON (AP) — Heavy rain and quarter-sized hail fell in Southern California Sunday as the National Weather Service predicted lightning and wind gusts approaching 60 mph (97 kph) in the mountain area earlier in the day.

The California storm was moving south from the Sierra Nevada, where areas around Lake Tahoe received about a foot (30 cm) of new snow and Mammoth Mountain reported up to 18 inches (45 cm) by Sunday morning. A day earlier, the resort was forced to close several ski lifts after a 91-mph (147-kph) wind gust was recorded.

A 35-year-old woman was rescued after being swept away in the storm-swollen Los Angeles River, the LA Fire Department said. She was airlifted to a hospital with minor injuries and hypothermia, the department said.

The National Weather Service also warned of what it called a significant winter storm over central regions of the country through Monday.



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[riversedge]

1. All schools closed here surrounding me -in Mid Wisconsin. snow from yesterday, ice now

[Lovie777]

2. It should be getting warmer here in Los Angeles.................

but alas, it is getting cooler with high winds.

[Vinca]

3. My brother sent me an email this morning from Portland, Maine. He lives right inside

the city - an urban area - and he thinks he'll be without power until Tuesday night or Wednesday. Long outages are very rare in a place like that. We live in a rural area in southern New Hampshire and lost power for about 7 hours this time around. I had just been telling my husband how lucky we were to have gotten through winter without any giant storms. Happy Spring.