California without electricity due to storm
2023.02.26 09:08
California without electricity due to storm
By Kristina Sobol
Budrigannews.com – On Saturday, storms continued to batter parts of California, bringing snow to higher elevations and rain and hail to the flatlands, leaving nearly 85,000 households and businesses without power.
According to the California Department of Transportation, several more southern points of Interstate 5, the largest highway that leads north out of the city, were closed due to flooding while the steep grade known as the Grapevine remained closed.
The National Weather Service advised Sacramento, the state capital, residents not to travel from Sunday through Wednesday as rain and snow resumed after a brief respite on Saturday. In Northern California, San Francisco was anticipated to experience record-breakingly cold temperatures on Saturday.
“Extreme impacts from heavy snow and winds will make driving extremely dangerous or impossible, and it is likely that many roads will be closed, affecting infrastructure!” In a tweet, the agency stated.
Wind gusts of up to 50 miles per hour (80 kilometers per hour) in the Sacramento Valley and up to 70 miles per hour in the nearby Sierra Nevada mountains are expected from the next set of storms, which are expected to arrive on Sunday. The severe winter conditions necessitated the closure of Yosemite National Park until Wednesday.
According to Bryan Jackson, a forecaster at the NWS Weather Prediction Center in College Park, Maryland, the unusual conditions were brought on by a massive low-pressure system that was driven from the Arctic.
Jackson stated that “this is a rare case of a cold, significant storm event” in Southern California.
On Friday, snowflakes fell around the Hollywood sign on Mount Lee in the hills above the city, known for its sunny days and palm trees—a sight that must have delighted many Angelenos.
According to the National Weather Service, scattered showers and isolated thunderstorms were anticipated to bring rain, hail, and a mixture of snow and moisture known as “graupel” to the region on Saturday.
According to the weather service, a separate storm that struck the Plains, Midwest, and Great Lakes regions earlier this week blew out to the Atlantic on Friday after passing over New England. DTE Energy, based in Detroit, has more than 400,000 customers (NYSE:) the Detroit News reported that they remained without power on Saturday.
In a state that has long been plagued by drought and wildfires, much of California had already experienced an unusually wet and cold winter, beginning with a series of deadly “atmospheric river” storms that caused widespread flooding, tree death, and mudslides.
