Tuesday, January 20, 2015

Deadly Storm in Western United States

http://www.reuters.com/article/2015/01/01/us-usa-weather-idUSKBN0K911L20150101

Two people died on a wind-thrashed California island, and scores of motorists were left stranded on snow-swept mountain roads farther inland as winter storms chilled much of the Western United States on New Year's Eve, officials said on Wednesday.

High winds also toppled a tree onto a home overnight in the Northern California town of Redding, killing a woman and injuring a child, a fire official said.

Icy roads in west Texas led to nearly 130 traffic accidents in the city of Midland, with almost 200 more wrecks in nearby Odessa. Revelers in many parts of Texas were likely to brave bitter cold as they ushered in 2015, including in San Antonio, where up to 60,000 people were expected for the state's biggest New Year's Eve bash.




A harbor patrolman working to secure loose vessels was killed when he jumped overboard as his boat neared a shoal and he ended up crushed against the rocks. His body was later recovered, along with the remains of a man believed to have died when his boat was torn loose and broke apart overnight, Avalon Fire Captain John Meffert said.


Snow covers a subdivision neighborhood after a storm brought snow to many southern California locales, in Yucaipa, California, December 31, 2014.  REUTERS-David McNew

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