Snow, rain slam California. Michigan freezes without power -
Levin - 25-02-2023
By JOHN ANTCZAK, AMY TAXIN and ED WHITE
43 minutes ago
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Heavy snow and rain pounded California and other parts of the West on Friday in the nation’s latest winter storm, while thousands of people in Michigan suffered in freezing temperatures through extended power outages wrought by one of the worst ice storms in decades.
The storms have blacked out nearly 1 million homes and businesses from coast to coast, closed major roads, caused pileups and snarled air travel. More than 300 flights were canceled and over 5,000 were delayed Friday across the U.S.
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In Michigan, hundreds of thousands of people remained without power Friday after a storm earlier this week coated power lines, utility poles and branches with ice as thick as three-quarters of an inch.
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At one point,
more than 820,000 customers in Michigan were in the dark.
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“That’s four days without power in such weather,” said Apurva Gokhale, of Walled Lake, Michigan. “It’s unthinkable.”
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https://apnews.com/article/floods-weather-winter-oregon-california-fc0511d110d16272361cdd0b5be8fb86