'They're dying to get up I-80 ': Impacts of winter storm road closures
Traction issues and icy conditions on Interstate 80 have led to thousands of cars and semi-trucks being turned around.
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Traction issues and icy conditions on Interstate 80 have led to thousands of cars and semi-trucks being turned around.
You don't see this every day in a California snowstorm.
While tens of millions are under winter weather alerts. here is miguel almaguer. >> reporter: before sunrise, the state of emergency was ordered in the mountains just outside los angeles. already buried under as much as 7 feet of snow, trapped residents in san bernardino county are rationing food and running short on supplies as another major snowstorm barrels in. >> crazy, crazy. never experienced this kind of weather before. >> reporter: in lake arrowhead, griffith hiked a mile through waist-deep snow to get to a gas station. major roads are impassible. and many like teresa grant are strande...
>> reporter: even in a winter that has already battered california, this latest storm is one for the ages. just in the past week, the sierra region has seen nearly 1. overnight in pollock pines, another pounding. >> in just the past 24 hours, more than 3 feet was dumped her, varying entire cars, homes, and neighborhoods. many people stranded inside. the power, meanwhile, is out per.residents are digging out ay they can from others hoping to get out, if they can. many who try to far. all this snow piled on groups and other structures is also a hazard. an 80-year-old woman in a nearby community ...
Severe weather is hitting millions of americans. parts of the northeast are forecast to get the first storm warning of the season. watching are in effect where up to three inches of snow is expected. farther north up to ten inches of snow could fall. west blizzard warnings in nevada where whiteout conditions shut down interstate 80. meanwhile, a possible tornado near dayton, ohio this afternoon. and leaving 12 people injured, flipping cars, downed trees are left in ruins. this is where more than 100 storms hit over the weekend. the news continues. "the situation room" with wolf blitzer start...