Out of the weather with a massive blizzard slamming parts of California and Nevada over the weekend with up to 7 feet of snow in some areas cbs’s Carter Evans reports the snow and the powerful winds have closed roads knocked out power to thousands and it’s not over
Yet this is what non-stop snow looks like over 3 days does historic storm wallet the lake Taho region with about 2 months worth of snow and the Reno area got hit with half a Year’s worth wind gusts up to 190 mph were recorded on some mountain peaks and some woke up to
A wall of snow several feet tall even maneuvering a snowplow was a challenge in the blinding blizzard see the goal is not to try and look at anything you just use your peripheral unrelenting snowfall shut down a stretch of the heavily traveled Interstate 80 over the weekend at one point there were
Nearly two to 300 cars and nearly 100 big rigs trapped on on the Mountain Highway California Highway Patrol officers went car toar helping drivers including a stranded mom uh the battery died so she’s got a baby in the car with her and uh my officers did a did an
Amazing job figuring out how to get her out of the area get down to a warming shelter she must have been terrified she was scared yeah she was but she was being a mom Crews across the Sierra Nevada are working around the clock to clear the roads and the rails take a
Look at the train tracks over here covered with snow and now the solution this giant snowplow train even the US mail was briefly brought to a standstill but the delivery trucks were eventually dug out local ski resorts are trying to get back to normal now after the storm
Shut down most operations now all this new snow could extend the ski season until Memorial Day gives us a shot in the arm for the rest of the season there’s no doubt and there is so much know here they have to make piles like this just
To be able to clear the roads and it’s like this all over town there is another storm moving in this evening and it could bring another foot of snow to some areas Nora Carter Evans thank you for all your reporting this weekend
In California dangerous waves are creating Havoc along the Pacific coast to end the year powerful storms are turning up ocean water bringing flooding and damaging structures near the water Carter Evans reports on the High Surf that’s likely to continue for days from monteo to the Bay Area waves as high as
40 ft are pounding the California coastline in Ventura County the surf flooded streets with debris reaching several blocks inland the fire department there saying eight people were sent to the hospital after this Rogue Wave smashed into a seaw wall swamping a pickup truck we’ve got high swells we’ve got waves coming in
Directions we’re not used to them coming even the most seasoned swimmer and Surfer this is dangerous water on Thursday coastal flooding warnings were in effect for much of central California got shff office while evacuation orders were issued in several communities in Santa Cruz and Marin counties it’s a pier a panic to be
Honest as far as the community goes cuz you know there’s plenty out there that are not prepared further sound lifeguards kept inexperienced swimmers out of the water but many expert Surfers took advantage of the rare opportunity to ride waves as high as a two-story building for CBS mornings I’m Carter Evans in Los
Angeles
After a few days of festive fun hazardous weather put an end to any remaining Christmas cheer especially for those traveling home from the Scottish Highlands we’ve been here for 3 hours now stuck in the snow along with hundreds of other vehicles by the look of it stretching back to aymore in that
Direction and southbound down to uh pit lockery um as you can see winds are very strong lots of snow uh we’ve seen s a long time ago and that’s about it really won’t be getting back to London today police declared a major incident on the A9 with snowfall bringing miles of
Vehicles to a standstill severe conditions that left thousands of power wild weather across much of the country caused significant disruption at Bristol airport plane landings were a struggle with flights postponed here and elsewhere gusts of up to 80 mph brought down trees and power lines at Fort William forcing travelers to stay put
While falling trees also came dangerously close to people’s homes in other places in Scotland like f roads were turned into rivers as a Waterway burst its banks flooded stations and trees on the track saw widespread cancellations across train networks the sevenn bridge and gluster was also forced to close with drivers across the
Country set to face difficult conditions over the next few days the re a fair degree of surface water out there so like say we’re encouraging people to to drive to the conditions allow additional time uh to complete the journeys uh take some uh essential kit with them some
Water some warm clothing Etc a fully charged phone if they do come into any uh difficult situation to found the Emergency Services the Met Office has decided to name storm Garrett as a warning to those traveling home after the holidays and with difficult conditions set to linger during the week
The advice from the RAC to people using major row like this one is do not underestimate the dangers of wet surfaces Fallen debris and high winds people are often warned against travel and conditions like this but for some it will be unavoidable making this a damp end to a usually cheerful time of
Year shingi Mar K Sky News Richmond and North Yorkshire
The deadly storm that slammed the East Coast delaying thousands of flights while cancelling hundreds more Trevor alt is at ladia airport with more good morning Trevor good morning Robin it’s been a very hectic 48 hours for travelers who are trying to get a jump on the holidays
We saw all kinds of problems from road closures to flight delays and even today the FAA says it’s possible we could see ground stoppages at some major airports including this one this morning the holiday travel Rush off to a rough start powerful deadly storm bringing Heavy Rain flooding and strong
Wind waking havoc on the roads and in the air about 4500 flights delayed more than 500 canceled Monday with Northeastern airports hit the hardest it’s flooded over there it’s flooded over here like there’s nowhere to go right now at this point strong winds up to 68 mph causing ground stops at
Boston’s Logan airport for hours and from North North Carolina up to the Northeast authorities reporting at least four weather related deaths since Sunday powerful storm knocking out power for more than 600,000 customers as temperatures plunge Massachusetts alone more than 170,000 customers in the dark authorities there say it could take days
To restore the power we’re lucky it’s warm so we can stay at home you know just with some candles and things throughout the state heavy winds Downing trees this Branch crashing onto the roof of a car and this massive tree barely missing a home in New Hampshire roads washed out
The Plymouth fire department closing down streets the pmy river expected to rise in overflow overnight River predicted to go up another 10 ft so that’s where it’ll give us problems this boat trapped between trees in gorum and in the midwest a lake affects snow leading to several crashes
In Michigan a portion of I94 closed due to multiple accidents and and remember the busiest stretch of holiday travel hasn’t even begun yet experts expect that first wave of record setting travelers to take off this Saturday the 23rd Michael yeah it’s going to be a packman there Trevor thank
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