A coast-to-coast storm that paralyzed roads and blacked out nearly 1 million homes and businesses is set to pound California, sparking warnings about floods and blizzards.
In this photo provided by the Santa Barbara County Fire Department, vehicles drive in the snow near the 2,200 ft summit of San Marcos Pass along Highway 154 in Santa Barbara County, Calif., Thursday, Feb. 23, 2023. – A coast-to-coast storm that paralyzed roads and blacked out nearly 1 million homes and businesses was set to pound California on Friday, sparking warnings about floods and blizzards.
In the Pacific Northwest, much of Oregon’s largest city was shut down after almost a foot of snow fell unexpectedly. It took drivers in Portland by surprise, stalling traffic during the Wednesday evening rush hour and trapping motorists on freeways, some of whom spent the night in their cars. Portions of Interstate 80 in California and Wyoming were closed because of impassable conditions. That included about a 70-mile stretch over the top of the Sierra Nevada linking California and Nevada.
“Utilities across the country fear ice storms like we fear nothing else," said Trevor Lauer, president of DTE Electric. “We’ve not had an ice storm in the last 50 years that has impacted our infrastructure like this.”
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