Dangerous winter weather ravaged the nation from California through the northern Plains on Thursday, trapping drivers on icy roads, knocking out power to hundreds of thousands and grounding multiple flights.
February 23, 2023, 1:35 PMPeople make their way through a snow-covered street in the Grand Park neighborhood of Portland, Ore., Thursday Feb. 23, 2023. The city experienced its second snowiest day on record. – Winter storms sowed more chaos across the U.S. on Thursday, shutting down much of Portland after the city experienced its second snowiest day in history and paralyzing travel from parts of the Pacific Coast all the way to the northern Plains.
For the first time since 1989, the National Weather Service issued a blizzard warning for the Southern California mountains. Forecasters predicted “multiple rounds" of snow, with accumulations of up to 3 to 5 feet predicted for the Sierra Nevada region. In Wyoming, roads across much of the southern part of the state were impassable, state officials said.
In Arizona, several interstates and other highways were closed due to high winds, falling temperatures and blowing snow. The state Department of Transportation advised people not to travel. Forecasters said snow could fall at a rate of 2 to 3 inches per hour on Thursday. A Michigan firefighter died Wednesday after coming in contact with a downed power line in the village of Paw Paw, authorities said. Van Buren County Sheriff Dan Abbott called it a tragic accident that was “no fault of the firefighter.”
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