He joins us live from overton. See a ton of mud out here standing water ad lib i saw rain and snow on my way out. Saw crews working to clear the road. At one point some of these roads looked more like rivers. Somepople were so scared they asked for help. Jody madewell overton resident 3 40 513 40 58 iad to ca the Fire Department last night see if i could get some sandbags to put in front of my door because i was afraid it was going to start coming in my house. It was coming down on us all morning. It might be letting up now. Reporting live Parker Collins channel thirteen action news. Back to you. Its been a busy 24 hours in the weather department. Theres a lot of great video and pictures coming in from yesterdays storm. Lets take a look. Our own Parker Collins sent us this video of the palm trees blowing in the wind. And you can see how ominous those clouds look in the background. This next photo sent in by a viewer. This is highway 320 in Lincoln County about 30 minutes north of calie
Automatically sent to henderson and North Las Vegas dispatch centers. Which causes callers to experience longer than normal delays in getting an answer. Officer Larry Hadfield when we have Critical Infrastructure go down we have contingency plans in place where well send employees that work at our center to the other dispact centers in the valley to receive those calls. Metro alone gets about three thousand calls a day on average. And were told eight metro dispatchers were deployed. Metro says no matter what someone will answer when you call and help will be on the way. Other centers in town say this doesnt happen often. But they train for this just in case. Brian Rogers Community ambulance we practice all the time for something, a catastrophe that can happen in the community whatever that may be a plane crash to terrorist attack. Dispatch centers do the same thing. Theyve drilled on this theyve done this. Juarez cant believe this happened today of all days and feels very let down. His
Down they were not picking up i could only hear beeping sounds. Metro says all emergency calls were automatically sent to henderson and North Las Vegas dispatch centers. Which causes callers to experience longer than normal delays in getting an answer. Officer Larry Hadfield when we have Critical Infrastructure go down we have contingency plans in place where well send employees that work at our center to the other dispact centers in the valley to receive those calls. Metro alone gets about three thousand calls a day on average. And were told eight metro dispatchers were deployed. Metro says no matter what someone will answer when you call and help will be on the way. Other centers in town say this doesnt happen often. But they train for this just in case. Brian Rogers Community ambulance we practice all the time for something, a catastrophe that can happen in the community whatever that may be a plane crash to terrorist attack. Dispatch centers do the same thing. Theyve drilled on thi
Smith is here in the studio. And its been a busy first weekend on the job hasnt it . Tony Smith Tony smith patraa bhoolsuwan all across the valleythe wet footprint. Causing delays at the airport and keeping Highway Patrol troopers busy responding to calls on the road. 8 news nows Mauricio Marin joins us live from the base of Mount Charleston braving the elements. Hows it going out there . Mauricio Marin in just the last hour even more rain coming down here where we are at. At the top of the mountain behind me. Theyre expected to see even more snow falling throughout the evening. The weather may be to blame for some problems around the valley. Weve recieved reports of lightning hitting a tree at the Las Vegas Country Club that may have also caused a fire at a nearby house. For many on the road. This is what its looked like across southern nevada. Roads are sleek and slippery. Troopers are urging drivers to slow down on the street to prevent crashes. We drove all around the valley today
Waves of showers sweeping over Southern Nevada since yesterday around noon. Some areas have seen some moderate rainfall. Others somewhat light. Weve also had lightning and thunder. And good snow in the mountains. And rainbows. Chilly temps in the upper 30s right now and low 40s. Grab a warmer coat today and maybe a rain jacket this morning because light showers are expected through the morning commute. We also have winter storm warnings and wind advisory in place for today. Well talk more about that coming up. Today will be much cooler than the weekend no 70s or even 60s today. Look for light rain and drizzle this morning, with partly cloudy and windy conditions through the day. Highs just barely making it into the 40s by lunch and maybe not even to 50 degrees for a high. Sherry Swensk heres a live look out mount where they got several inches of snow. Back to you. Kirsten Joyce be cautious on be cautious on the roads ths morning. The wet, cold weather is creating some slippery 8 news n