Storms in the east of the country killed at least five people, including an 81-year-old woman who died when her mobile home fell off its foundation.
Thursday 11 January 2024 07:08, United Kingdom
Rescue teams searching a California ski resort near Lake Tahoe following an avalanche said one person was killed and another was injured.
A large storm packing snow and gusty winds has moved into the region after a series of powerful winter storms swept through parts of the eastern United States and Canada. It claimed the lives of at least five people More than half a million people were left without electricity.
The California avalanche occurred around 9:30 a.m. in Palisades Tahoe, according to the resort.
The Placer County Sheriff's Department, which covers the Lake Tahoe area, identified the dead man as 66-year-old Kenneth Kidd, of Point Reyes in Northern California. The injured skier has not yet been named. No one is missing.
The mountain was closed all day, with forecasters recording 110 mph (177 kph) winds Tuesday afternoon at the summit of Alpine Meadows, Palisades' neighboring sister resort.
This comes at a time when a storm is sweeping across the country towards the west coast of the United States, following a series of strong winter storms in the east of the country.
Near Cottonwood, Alabama, a small city near the Georgia-Florida border, an 81-year-old woman was killed when her mobile home was thrown off its foundation, the Houston County coroner said.
A suspected tornado touched down in the area.
Police in Clayton County, south of Atlanta, said a man died during heavy rain when a tree fell on his car on a state road in Jonesboro.
Local media reported, citing local officials, that another man was crushed to death by a fallen tree in Birmingham, Alabama, on Tuesday morning.
A 17-year-old Rolla driver was killed Tuesday evening after she lost control of the car, struck part of the bridge, and then collided with a trailer, authorities in Missouri said.
In North Carolina, one person died and two others were in critical condition after a suspected tornado struck a mobile home park in the town of Claremont north of Charlotte, Catawba County spokeswoman Amy McCauley said.
Storm-related injuries were reported in Florida, but no deaths.
Meanwhile, more than 630,000 families were without electricity in the eastern United States, from Florida to New York State, as of Tuesday evening.
New Jersey Governor Phil Murphy declared a state of emergency, and New York City officials evacuated nearly 2,000 migrants staying in a sprawling tent complex.
In Maine, Governor Janet Mills postponed the opening of all state offices until Wednesday afternoon due to the storm.
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Rain and high winds spread to the nation's capital, forcing Vice President Kamala Harris' plane to divert from Joint Base Andrews to Dulles International Airport near Washington when it encountered wind shear, a sudden shift in wind direction or speed.
Many areas of Florida remained under flood watches, warnings and warnings early Wednesday morning amid fears that streams and rivers could reach their banks.
Gov. Ron DeSantis, who delivered his State of the State address while tornado warnings were active outside the Capitol, issued an executive order to place 49 North Florida counties under a state of emergency.
The storm also caused severe coastal flooding in New Hampshire, and in Bamberg, South Carolina, a potential tornado destroyed several old brick storefronts.
Another storm began Monday, burying cities across the Midwest in snow, leaving people stranded on roads.
Some areas saw up to a foot of snow on Monday, including Kansas, eastern Nebraska, South Dakota, western Iowa and southwestern Minnesota.
The driver of an SUV died Tuesday in a head-on collision with a semitrailer on a snow-covered state highway, authorities in southeastern Wisconsin said.
In western Michigan, a 35-year-old woman died after she lost control of her pickup truck on a muddy road and collided with an SUV, the Lake County Sheriff's Office said.
The ambulance transporting her to Grand Rapids Hospital, where she was pronounced dead, was struck by another vehicle on its way there, and a second ambulance was needed to finish the transport to the hospital.
