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Selasa, 23 Desember 2008

Blizzard in the U.S. West Coast

Major winter storm wrap the U.S. West Coast with snow, rain, and ice, Monday (22/12) early days. Heavy snow also the region and the Northeast and Midwest killed at least three people. Heavy make travel dangerous.

Storms disrupt air traffic in the holiday period in the entire country, from the flight delays in airports such as large cities in San Francisco, Houston, Boston, Massachusetts, and New York.

Storm is considered to be the cause of the catastrophe two in a traffic accident in the Road Antarnegara Section 80 east of Des Moines, Iowa. Other victims died occurred in northwestern Iowa upset because a tractor is used to clean the snow.

Dangerous journey into the State of Oregon and Washington in the northwest. In this area is heavy rain, hail, and snow storm that is expected to take place at 10:00 on Monday (Tuesday at 01.00 WIB), according to U.S. National Weather Agency.

"This may be one of the worst storms, hurricanes since 1990," said meteorologist, Dana Felton, from the National Weather Agency, Seattle. Thunderstorms last seukuran was 25 December 1996.

Electricity out

At the end of the weekend storms in the area north of the U.S. padamnya electricity for thousands of customers, Sunday. Some areas of the State of Illinois and Iowa under the blizzard warning. Electricity out for more than 35,000 customers in Illinois on Sunday.

More than 70,000 homes and businesses in the State of Indiana is still exposed to extinction after an electric ice punch, Thursday. Gale with wind speeds of up to 50 kilometers per hour impede improvement efforts.

Diprakirakan snow fall from 5 to 10 inches (13-25 cm) on Monday morning in the northwest region, with more than 30 cm snow in the mountains.

Temperatures in the State of the northern Maine, Sunday, including minus 40 degrees Celsius in the Big Black River, and minus 37 degrees Celsius in the Allagash. Maine Governor John Baldacci announced, government offices opened the country began to noon, Monday.

Storm that hit Maine also produced hail in New York and New Jersey. This has caused the flight tertundanya at Newark Airport with an average of two hours. Some of the arrival in the Logan International Airport, Boston, delayed more than three hours.

Delays up to five hours flight experience in the flight-George Bush Intercontinental Airport, Houston. Hundreds of passengers at Seattle-Tacoma Airport must also awaiting a flight delayed. (AFP / AP / DI)


Source: Kompas