Massive storm that blanketed California with snow moving east

The storm that introduced record-low temperatures and uncommon snowfall to elements of California is now transferring east, bringing harmful winds and precipitation to the center of the nation.

Southern California, which handled snow, ice and battering rain final week, will get a break because the storm strikes east. The entrance additionally introduced a string of reported tornadoes to Oklahoma, which broken homes and property however no accidents have been reported.

Over 42,000 clients in California have been nonetheless with out energy on Monday, in accordance with the facility grid tracker PowerOutage.us.

Snow is anticipated within the Nice Lakes area, the place in Michigan over 100,000 clients are already with out electrical energy following an ice storm that has left some with out energy for practically every week. Utility corporations within the state mentioned that energy could be restored earlier than the brand new storm hits, however as of Monday morning, slightly below 140,000 clients have been nonetheless with out electrical energy.

The entrance can be anticipated to deliver snow, rain and slush to jap cities like Boston and New York on Monday and Tuesday. The Nationwide Climate Service mentioned the entrance bringing snow to a lot of the nation would make journey troublesome.

Because the storm leaves California, the record-breaking accumulation of snow and rain grew to become extra obvious. At Mountain Excessive Resort, which is about 75 miles east of Los Angeles, about six toes of snow fell in lower than every week. Snow even reached the Hollywood Hills and the San Francisco space.