Page 3 - Clearing Roads News Today

Perhaps one of the most important steps to take after inclement weather is making sure the roads get cleared as quickly and safely as possible.

Center in the middle of your town there. what are you seeing and what are you hearing outside? >> good afternoon. we are at our city emergency operation center thats been active since 6:00 a.m. this morning with local officials, first responders, all hands on deck. we are seeing power lines and tons of trees down county wide. our message to our folks is to please remain indoors and please remain off of the road. >> our viewers are looking at a map to see exactly where this hurricane is. the eye ...

So we are encouraging our residents to shelter in place, stay off the roads and this will ensure the safety of citizens and first responders working through the storm. also it will allow our power companies to the get out there and restore power because we are likely to be without power for several hours or the next few days. >> you were tell ing before we came on that your town and the surround ing areas has a population of about 120,000 people. relatively small area so im suspecting a lot of p...

♪ ♪ - why are these so bad? - if i wouldve used kayak to book our car, we could have saved on our trip instead of during our trip. ughh - kayak. search one and done. cars encased in ice, roofs caving in and food and medicine running dangerously low. thats some of what residents in southern californias mountain communities are dealing with. after more than a week of being snowed in by historic back-to-back storms. officials say they made major progress, clearing roads, but for people trying...

This rain and snow. because of the drought. but weve made huge improvements, in just the last five to six weeks. looking at the forecast, youre talking snow being measured in feet across the area. likely one to three feet for most of those areas. along the coastal regions, now youre talking one to two inches of rain. and even in some of the other areas of washington, idaho, and oregon, still looking at, at least a half a foot of snow, to top out in a lot of these places. the concern is getting i...

The approaching snowstorm has crews all over the region getting ready for another winter blast.

>> we will never say no to undergarments, to clean clothes on. we have great partnerships with the american red cross that provide toiletries. thats amazing. you know, we can always use winter gear at this point, blank either are very helpful. >> blank either are very helpful, and these record cold temperatures at this moment, too. khari lenander, we appreciate your time. >> thank you. another batch of transcripts from the january 6th committee given new insight. what cassidy hutchinson said a...

Believe its of 7:00 tonight there were still around 7000 people in the city of buffalo without power. trying to turn that power back on. i want to give credit to national grid in the work theyve been doing. members of the buffalo department of public works -- that have been clearing roads, to let them get to where they need to go and turn power on. it has been a herculean effort. if you will be applauded for. in addition to that, i have to mention, obviously this is a situation with tremendous h...

Situations. >> so, chris, are there still people trapped at this hour? what are the rescue and recovery operations that are happening right now? >> theres been an ongoing effort, municipal county, state, resources have been pooling together. theyre working to to find people who may still be without power. i believe as of 7:00 tonight, there were still around 7,000 people in the city of buffalo without power. i want to give credit to national grid and the work theyve been doing, the members of th...

The pressure has been on the city and county plowing processes as crews work to make sure the roads are safe.