Large swaths of the U.S. have faced an intense winter storm over the past several days, and there are currently upwards of 1.3 million customers without power and weather advisories across the country. The large storm system is making its way through nearly every U.S. region with heavy winds, flooding and snow.
In SoCal Saturday
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The snow is sticking in the mountains for now. Down in the L.A. basin, it’s going to be a mostly cloudy day with a slight chance of rain this afternoon, and warming only to the mid-50s.
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We’ll have more clouds overnight with lows down to the mid-40s and a 40% chance of rain tomorrow, decreasing later Sunday evening. Then no rain in the forecast through about Thursday.
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The San Bernardino County sheriff said Friday that it may be as long as a week before roads are cleared in some of the hardest hit mountain communities. The California National Guard has been deployed to help and local authorities said food and other supplies as being brought into those areas.
Heavy winds and possible tornadoes damaged homes and buildings, killing at least 10 people across the South and Midwest. Now, the storm has moved Northeast, where the threat of heavy snow and coastal flooding Friday and into the weekend prompted the National Weather Service to issue a winter storm warning.
Still, by the end of the weekend, the eastern half of the country will see unseasonably warm temperatures, according to the…
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