Overnight snow blankets much of the state
Another round of snow hit the state Tuesday bringing with it another day of cold temperatures, difficult driving conditions and reported delays and closures. Share Updated: 11:07 PM MST Feb 16, 2021
Overnight snow blankets much of the state
Another round of snow hit the state Tuesday bringing with it another day of cold temperatures, difficult driving conditions and reported delays and closures. Share Updated: 11:07 PM MST Feb 16, 2021
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Show Transcript SHELLYE: WE’VE BEEN SEEING THOSE TRANSPORTATION CREWS ALL DAY LONG, LAYING DOWN TH SENDER AND MOVING THE SNOW OFF THE ROADS AND ONTO THE SIDES, MAKING SURE THINGS ARE CLEAR AND SAFE FOR YOUR COMMUTE. NEW MEXICO DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION CREWS HAVE BEEN WORKING AROUND THE CLOCK SINCE SATURDAY. OUR CREWS HAVE ACTUALLY BEEN RUNNING 12 HOUR SHIFTS SINCE SATURDAY AT MIDNIGHT. SHELLYE: CLEARING PROBLEM AREAS LIKE BRIDGES AND THE HIGHWAYS.
SALEM â By most accounts, itâs been 60 years since Oregon saw a storm that damaged the power grid to the degree ice and snow battered the Portland region this weekend.
In 1962, the famed âColumbus Day Stormâ felled trees, powerlines, statues and military outposts with its typhoon-force winds. âThe intense winds left over a million people in Oregon without electrical power, some of them for weeks,â reads an Oregon Historical Society account of the event.
Today, the Portland region is in a similar state. More than an inch of ice accumulation over the weekend downed thousands of power lines, leaving hundreds of thousands of people from Marion County to North Portland wondering when they might have their service restored. Portland officials said they received a staggering 2,800 emergency calls Monday, Feb. 15, as residents reported severe power outages and dangerously dangling tree limbs.
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