2024-01-19 08:02:01
PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — Storms that have turned roads into death traps of ice, caused hypothermia deaths from Oregon to Tennessee and caused a plane to skid on the runway will cause a new wave of meteorological chaos on both coasts of the United States.
New York City, which on Tuesday recorded its first snowfall in more than two years, was in the spotlight following the National Weather Service warned that between 3 and 5 inches (3 to 12.7 centimeters) might fall. 5 inches) of snow on Friday in the state and in parts of New Jersey and Pennsylvania.
An American Airlines plane skidded on a snowy taxiway in Rochester, New York, following flying from Philadelphia on Thursday, but no injuries were reported.
On the west coast, the governor of Oregon declared a state emergency Thursday night following requests for help from multiple counties “as we enter the sixth day of serious consequences” of weather marked by freezing rain.
Thousands of residents in parts of the Willamette Valley, also in Oregon, have been without power since Saturday due to severe damage caused by an ice storm.
“We lost power on Saturday, and yesterday we were told it might be more than two weeks before it comes back on,” said Jamie Kenworthy, a real estate agent in Jasper, Lane County.
“We have a generator that we bought last year and right now it is running a gas heater,” he explained, “We also have a natural gas stove and I have been turning on two of the burners to try to help heat the house.”
Over the past two weeks, storms have battered much of the United States with rain, snow, wind and freezing temperatures, paralyzing traffic and air travel. About 45 people have died in that time, including three who were electrocuted by a downed power line in Portland, Oregon, on Wednesday.
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Associated Press writers Jonathan Mattise and Kristin M. Hall in Nashville and Adrian Sainz in Memphis contributed to this report.
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