West braces for more stormy weather
Source: AP-Excite
By MICHELLE RINDELS
LAS VEGAS (AP) - The U.S. West faced more stormy weather Saturday after a powerful system buffeted several states, stranding drivers in Nevada, forcing the postponement of sports games in Arizona, causing water rescues in California, and leading to the deaths of four people.
The system was expected to head east and reach the opposite coast by the middle of next week, but not before hitting the Southwest again with rain, snow and wind, forecasters said.
Parts of northern New Mexico have already received a dusting of snow, but forecasters say the latest storm to bear down on the state is far from over. The National Weather Service in Albuquerque said the brunt of the storm is expected to cross into New Mexico on Saturday, bringing widespread snow through the rest of the weekend, frigid temps and gusty winds.
The fierce weather was linked to three deaths in California. Officials and news reports said the death of a person Thursday near downed power lines and a tree was being investigated in Oakland, another person died in Oakland after the man crashed into a fallen tree while apparently trying to avoid debris, and a 52-year-old woman died in Yuba County when a tree fell on the parked car in which she was sitting.
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This Nov. 21, 2013 photo released courtesy City of Redlands shows flooding, mud and debris on San Timoteo Canyon Road in Redlands, Calif. Firefighters responded to dozens of calls of weather-related traffic collisions, flooding and mudslides spurred by Thursday's downpour in southern California. (AP Photo/City of Redlands)
chillfactor
(7,576 posts)in the mountains 40 miles east of Albuquerque....we are bracing for one hell of a storm here...I will probably not be able to get out for 3-4 days once the storm is over
madrchsod
(58,162 posts)strange days indeed.....
here`s the explanation...
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