After uncommon snowfall, Southern California braces for wind, rain

Over the previous three days, the storm introduced the uncommon sight of snowflakes in Los Angeles, extra recognized for palm timber and solar. About 70,000 prospects in California remained with out energy on Sunday.

UPDATED: Feb 27, 2023 05:55 IST

The Los Angeles Department of Water and Power tweeted Sunday morning it had restored energy to roughly 40,000 folks since Saturday morning. (Photo: Reuters)

By Reuters:

After a uncommon snowfall dusted Los Angeles on Saturday, Southern California is bracing for a sequence of weak storms that can deliver wind and rain this week to coastal areas whereas Northern and Central California mountain communities might see extra heavy snow.

Over the previous three days, the storm introduced the uncommon sight of snowflakes in Los Angeles, extra recognized for palm timber and solar. But it additionally introduced heavy rain and a few flooding. A motorhome fell into the Santa Clara River after an embankment collapsed, based on a video.

About 70,000 prospects in California remained with out energy on Sunday, based on PowerOutage, which tracks disruptions.

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Starting Sunday evening and thru Wednesday, a sequence of “weak storms” will transfer by means of Los Angeles with highs reaching 55 Fahrenheit (13 Celsius), based on The National Weather Service (NWS).

Meanwhile, extra extreme storms threatening West Coast mountain ranges will deliver “significant impacts” on journey, the NWS mentioned in a tweet.

The Los Angeles Department of Water and Power tweeted Sunday morning it had restored energy to roughly 40,000 folks since Saturday morning. However, it cautioned that 53,000 folks remained with out energy, and other people dealing with an outage ought to plan for 24-48 hours earlier than crews might reply.

The subsequent set of storms, anticipated to hit on Sunday, will deliver wind gusts of as much as 50 miles per hour (80 kph) within the Sacramento Valley, and as much as 70 miles per hour within the close by Sierra Nevada mountains.

Yosemite National Park was closed by means of Wednesday resulting from extreme winter situations.

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Feb 27, 2023