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☆ Why the Definition of ‘Extreme Cold’ Is Different in Duluth and Dallas
▼ + stars: | 2024-01-14 | by ( Adeel Hassan | More About Adeel Hassan | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

“Everyone’s extreme is a different level,” said Ketzel Levens, a meteorologist in the Weather Service’s office in Duluth, Minn., where the average daily temperature in January is a crisp 9.4 degrees. “Folks up north might have better protection. They might have a lot more clothes and layers. Our houses, our water infrastructure, they’re built to a different standard.”And so if you warned Minnesotans every time it is merely freezing cold, you would struggle to get their attention when it was dangerously cold. Ms. Levens’s office issues a wind chill advisory only when the temperature reaches minus 25, and a wind chill warning when it reaches 40 below.

Persons: ”, Ketzel Levens, Minnesotans Organizations: National Weather Service, Centers for Disease Control Locations: United States, Duluth, Minn

All lanes in a nearly two-mile stretch of Interstate 10 will be closed until further notice, Caltrans, the state’s transportation department, confirmed on Sunday. The section is what one official called one of the “largest arteries” going in and out of downtown Los Angeles, just west of the East Los Angeles Interchange, where several freeways come together. About 300,000 vehicles use the freeway for daily commuting between Los Angeles and Orange County, Calif., Gov. And it is a major conduit connecting Southern California ports to the rest of the country, carrying about 20,000 trucks daily. While Interstate 10 remains closed between Alameda Street and Santa Fe Avenue, officials said that people planning to travel to and from downtown Los Angeles should plan for delays and check for alternative routes.

Persons: Gavin Newsom Organizations: Caltrans, East Los Angeles Locations: Los Angeles, Orange County, Calif, Southern California, Alameda Street, Santa Fe

☆ Police Arrest 29-Year-Old in Ambush Shooting of Los Angeles County Deputy
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-18 | by ( Adeel Hassan | More About Adeel Hassan | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

“He never gave our deputy a chance, but yet our men and women gave this individual a chance to take him into custody peacefully,” Sheriff Luna said at the news conference. Sheriff Luna said on Monday that media reports, which circulated photos and a description of the vehicle, were helpful in eliciting the tips that led to the arrest. The vehicle in question, as well as several firearms, were taken by investigators at the house, Sheriff Luna said. “Not just anybody becomes a field training officer,” Sheriff Luna said over the weekend. “It’s usually the best of the best.”“Our deputy was a devoted family member and a cherished community member,” Sheriff Luna said in a statement Sunday.

Persons: “, Sheriff Luna, Clinkunbroomer, ” Sheriff Luna, “ It’s, ” “ Organizations: Toyota, ” Locations: Palmdale

☆ What We Know About the Wildfires in Hawaii
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-10 | by ( Adeel Hassan | More About Adeel Hassan | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

A summer of ferocious weather across much of the United States reached the country’s most remote state on Wednesday, 2,500 miles off the West Coast, in Hawaii. What began at the start of the week as scattered brush fires on the state’s biggest islands, Hawaii and Maui, turned deadly by midweek. The rapid spread of the flames caught state officials and residents by surprise. Thousands of residents and tourists have been evacuated, and U.S. Army personnel were conducting search-and-recovery efforts on Thursday, Maui County officials said. There are still many road closures on Maui and the island of Hawaii.

Persons: Firefighters Organizations: U.S . Army Locations: United States, West Coast, Hawaii, Maui, California, Maui County

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