The snow covers the West; East River floods
Up to 10 metres was planned weekend in the Sierra’s altitude, according to the National Meteorological Service.
Snow to load up 3 to 4 meters deep along 15 miles of highway between the Snow Valley Ski Resort Big Bear Dam (research), said Tracey Martinez, a spokesman for the San Bernardino County firefighters.
On the urgency of the chain of crews of vehicles to motorists snow in the mountains about 90 miles east of Los Angeles. Many of the vehicles has remained abandoned for the streets, there would be no snow.
“People were panicked and 911 call on their mobile phones,” said Martinez. “Most of them are exalted by then. But some people said they were going skiing. ”
No serious injuries were reported.
Up to 15 centimeters of snow, there were some parts of Colorado’s San Juan Mountains (search), but also what the 19 inches dumped earlier this week by storms. The new pleasure of snow skiers, but driving crevasses hidden here, with winds gusting near 60 km / h on snowpacked, icy roads over 8000 metres.
In the East, heavy rain and snow had fallen earlier that week caused flooding along the Ohio River (search), was chasing some residents from their homes in the municipalities of West Virginia, Ohio, Indiana and Kentucky . Meteorologists predicted the river reaches its highest level in eight years at Louisville, Ky. The storm caused loss of time widespread in parts of Ohio, programs and services, said about 100000 households and businesses remained without electricity Saturday.
Some areas of the California city of San Bernardino Mountains over half a millimetre of rain per hour and homeowners rushed to pile sandbags.
“I have to love the rain,” said Cone Bran Dallas San Bernardino County’s Devore. “Now, I dread all these storms.
Elsewhere in California, up to 41 / 2 feet of snow fell overnight in the Sierra Nevada, Lake Tahoe, ski areas Saturday. This was the beginning of as much as 9 feet of snow in the Sierra and 4 feet in Reno, December 30.
Interstate 80, crosses the Sierra and links Sacramento, California, the Reno-Tahoe, NEV., Area on Saturday, and two other Sierra highways - U.S. 50 over Echo Summit and Highway 88 Carson Pass
The storm also Amtrak passenger behind Sierra up to eight hours and caused dozens of cancellations and delays in Reno-Tahoe International Airport.
The time wild struck out power to thousands of households and businesses and blocked mountain roads. One person died in a sailing boat battered by wind and waves, two workers Resort in the Sierra was found dead in a car and covered with two other people were killed in a car accident on slippery roads in Glendale .
Owners of homes have been particularly concerned in San Bernardino County foot of cities were devastated, as forest fires and mudslides during the year 2003.
“You can not do the same,” said Thom Master of Devore. “If 2 feet of mud, these little sandbags are not much to be done.”
In southern Colorado, avalanche warnings were issued Saturday for the San Juan and La Plata mountains. More than 550 slides were the USA Saturday morning, but nobody has been caught.
Along the Ohio River, hundreds of Ohio and West Virginia residents have been evacuated from their homes and sandbags stacked.
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