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Storm on Tuesday night: Wind downs trees, power lines across Sacramento, N. California [The Sacramento Bee]
Jan. 27 A menacing and massive winter storm, fueled by an “atmospheric river” from the north Pacific Ocean, has reached the Sacramento region on Tuesday night.
The extreme storm is bringing heavy winds, near-freezing rain and dangerous driving conditions to the Valley floor; even at low elevations, snow is falling in several areas in Northern California.
This updates page for Tuesday has ended; get the latest Wednesday developments here.
Power outages reported across Sacramento region, SMUD says
The storm, as advertised, has made its presence felt across the capital region Tuesday evening. Just after 11 p.m. about 76,000 customers of the Sacramento Municipal Utility District were without power, mostly due to power lines being knocked down by tree branches or the wind. A number of outages were being sparked by blowing transformers as well, according to the utility.
Storm on Tuesday night: Wind downs trees, power lines across Sacramento, N. California
Sacramento Bee 1/27/2021 Daniel Hunt, Noel Harris, Michael McGough, and Theresa Clift, The Sacramento Bee
Jan. 27 A menacing and massive winter storm, fueled by an atmospheric river from the north Pacific Ocean, has reached the Sacramento region on Tuesday night.
The extreme storm is bringing heavy winds, near-freezing rain and dangerous driving conditions to the Valley floor; even at low elevations, snow is falling in several areas in Northern California.
This updates page for Tuesday has ended; get the latest Wednesday developments here.
Power outages reported across Sacramento region, SMUD says