180 saved from snow storms in California
LOS ANGELES: About 180 people, including some who spent more than 12 hours stuck in deep snow in the San Bernardino Mountains, were rescued as the latest in a series of storms in California.
The storms quickly moved eastward, closing all three major highways over the Sierra Nevada.
Snow piled up to 1m and up to 3m was expected over the weekend at the Sierra's higher elevations, according to the National Weather Service.
Rescue crews used tracked vehicles to pick up the snowbound motorists in the mountains. Many of the vehicles remained abandoned while the roads were being cleared of snow.
“People were panicking and calling 911 on their cell phones,'' said the spokesman for the San Bernardino County fire department. No serious injuries were reported.
In the east, heavy rain and snow that fell earlier in the week caused flooding along the Ohio River that was chasing some residents out of their homes in communities in West Virginia, Ohio, Indiana and Kentucky. Meteorologists predicted the river would reach its highest level in eight years at Louisville, Kentucky.
The stormy weather had caused widespread outages in parts of Ohio, and utilities said about 100,000 homes and businesses remained without electricity on Saturday.
Some neighbourhoods below San Bernardino Mountains recorded more than 1.25cm of rain every hour. – AP
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