Record-breaking snow blankets WNY
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BUFFALO, N.Y. (WKBW) â A post-Christmas record-breaking blanket of snow covered Western New York, bringing a Lake Effect Snow Warning for Southern Erie, Chautauqua and Cattaraugus Counties.
Heavy snow and gusty winds making travel extremely difficult and hazardous, with little to no visibility and deep snow on the roads.
County crews have been in since Thursday, working around the clock to clear roads. We ve had anywhere from 30 to 45 trucks on the road at any one time. Crews were anticipating it, you know, we were ready for it; we had plenty of supplies on hand and the equipment was ready to go, said Commissioner Bill Geary with Department of Public Works.
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Crews cleared damage left behind by Wednesday s explosion at the Baltimore Gas and Electric building downtown.A high-rise crane was brought in Saturday morning part by part and was assembled to remove the scaffolding from which two workers were rescued after the explosion. This is a very large crane. It s from out of the service area. It came in on 20 flatbed trucks, BGE spokesman Aaron Koos said.The crane placed the scaffolding on the ground for crews to disassemble, and police reopened streets shortly before 6 p.m. It s actually moving very quickly. It will probably be until sunset tonight that they ll get it all down, Koos said. Overall effort, there s probably more than 100 people involved. Wednesday morning s explosion on the 16th floor caused a partial roof collapse and damage to six floors. There s a lot of repairs to be made. Fortunately, between the pandemic, remote work and the holiday season, we don t have a lot of people in the building right now, which is a good
SOUTH LAKE TAHOE, Calif. - The incoming storm on Christmas Day has been upgraded by the National Weather Service (NWS) to a Winter Weathet Advisory. It starts on Friday at 4:00 p.m. and is in effect until 10:00 a.m. Saturday. Heavy snow is possible. Total snow accumulations of 3 to 8 inches, except 1 foot or more above 7000 feet possible.
Covington County sees some storm damage Christmas week
Covington County sees some storm damage Christmas week By Melissa Rademaker | December 25, 2020 at 5:38 PM CST - Updated December 25 at 6:19 PM
COVINGTON COUNTY, Miss. (WDAM) - Strong winds and rain caused some damage in Covington County late Wednesday and early Thursday.
In the Mount Olive area, people reported downed trees and limbs, as well as metal roofs and roof shingles coming off.
“What we saw mostly was minor damage consisting of shingles blowing off the house, the metal roofs, some of the metal roofs were blown off houses, chicken houses roof damage as well, but unless it had structural damage done to the house, it was probably done by a fallen tree or limbs,” Covington County Emergency Management Director Greg Sanford said.