Brutal winter weather bringing snow, dangerous gusts of wind and bitter cold settled over much of the northern U.S., shutting down roadways, closing schools and businesses and prompting dire warnings for people to stay home.
February 22, 2023, 1:19 PMPedestrians struggle to keep warm while walking along Tejon Street as temperatures hovered in the single digits after a winter storm packing light snow and high winds rolled into the Pikes Peak region Wednesday, Feb. 22, 2023, in Colorado Springs, Colo. – A brutal winter storm knocked out power in California, closed interstate highways from Arizona to Wyoming and prompted more than 1,200 flight cancellations Wednesday — and the worst won't be over for several days.
He warned those who venture out to dress appropriately. Often, when motorists get stranded, “They don’t have a winter jacket. They might be wearing shorts and flip-flops, just thinking they’re going to get from point A to point B and nothing is going to go wrong,” he said. A 1-year-old child was critically injured when a redwood crashed onto a home in Boulder Creek, a community in the Santa Cruz Mountains south of San Francisco, KTVU reported. Chief Mark Bingham of the local fire protection district said crews had to cut up the tree to free the victim.
In the northern U.S. — a region accustomed to heavy snow — the snowfall could be historic. More than 20 inches may pile up in parts of Minnesota and Wisconsin, the National Weather Service said. According to the weather service, the biggest snow event on record in the Twin Cities was 28.4 inches from Oct. 31 through Nov. 3, 1991. The second-largest was 21.1 inches of snow from Nov. 29 through Dec. 1, 1985.
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