A brutal winter storm knocked out power in California, closed interstate highways from Arizona to Wyoming and prompted more than 1,200 flight cancellations Wednesday - and the worst won't be over for several days.
Published Wednesday, February 22, 2023 2:53PM ESTknocked out power in California, closed interstate highways from Arizona to Wyoming and prompted more than 1,200 flight cancellations Wednesday - and the worst won't be over for several days.
Travel was difficult. Weather contributed to more than 1,200 canceled flights across the country by midmorning, according to tracking service FlightAware. About one-third of those canceled flights - roughly 400 - were due to arrive or depart from the Minneapolis-St. Paul International Airport.and multi-day closures are likely on Interstates and secondary roads throughout Wyoming!” the state Transportation Department said on Facebook.
“I think the airlines are trying to make sure that they can, looking at the bigger picture, make those cancelations so they can better respond after thePowerful winds were the biggest problem in California, toppling trees and power lines. By Wednesday morning, more than 109,000 customers were without electricity, according to PowerOutage.us.
“Nearly the entire population of CA will be able to see snow from some vantage point later this week if they look in the right direction ,” UCLA climate scientist Daniel Swain wrote on Twitter. Temperatures could plunge as low as minus 20 degrees Fahrenheit Thursday and to minus 25 degrees Fahrenheit Friday in Grand Forks, North Dakota. Wind chills may fall to minus 50 degrees Fahrenheit , said Nathan Rick, a meteorologist in Grand Forks.
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