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Bodies Recovered After Flooding Death Toll From Borneo Storm Reaches 111, Expected To Rise

Pulling corpses from the branches of trees, searchers recovered bodies Thursday from the path of a tropical storm that brought deadly flooding to the west coast of Borneo. The death toll reached 111 and was expected to climb, The New Straits Times reported in today's editions. Tropical Storm Greg blew in Wednesday night from the South China Sea, filling waterways to overflowing.
News >  Spokane

Roofs Should Be Ok, For Now Shoveling Them Is A Dangerous Task, And It Can Do More Damage Than Good

Inland Northwest residents who recall heavy snows of years past may be looking nervously at their roofs and wondering "How much is too much?" While the strength of a roof depends on many factors - the era it was built, the load it was designed to handle and how well it has been maintained - the short answer probably is: Don't worry yet. Jim Manson, Spokane County buildings director, said homes in Spokane built since 1974 are required to have roofs that hold at least 30 pounds per square foot. Houses built in higher elevations may have roofs that hold twice that weight or even more.
News >  Nation/World

Storm Cuts State In Half As Cascade Passes Close

The Cascade Curtain became an impenetrable wall for holiday travelers Thursday as avalanches and blinding storms closed every route over the mountains in Washington. Commercial flights into and out of Seattle also were delayed by severe weather west of the Cascades. Portland International Airport lost power for three hours during an ice storm reminiscent of the one that knocked Spokane to its knees before Thanksgiving.
News >  Spokane

Christmas About To Become Whiter

Don't put away those snow shovels just yet. After a crystal-clear Christmas Day, it looks like snow-laden clouds have returned with a vengeance to the Inland Northwest. The National Weather Service in Spokane has issued a winter storm warning for possibly heavy snow today and Friday. High temperatures are expected to be the mid-20s today, with an estimated 4-8 inches of snow that will begin to fall in the early afternoon. Another 3-5 inches could fall tonight, with low temperatures near 20. The weather service also is predicting a 70 percent chance of snow Friday.
News >  Spokane

Snow Plows Will Be Out In Full Force

The men and women who drive snow plows couldn't care less that Bing Crosby's dream came true this year for Spokane. To them, a white Christmas means spending the day behind the wheel, clearing streets lined with houses full of people who wouldn't think of leaving their own families or trees.
News >  Nation/World

Snow Strands Thousands Of Travelers

Winter arrived with a vengeance Saturday as a storm dumped up to 4 feet of snow in the Lake Tahoe area and stranded thousands of travelers. Ski resorts eager for holiday crowds were overjoyed. "Everyone is going to want to come up and play in it," said Alpine Meadows Ski Resort spokesman Dave Baker. "We haven't had conditions like this in two years."
News >  Nation/World

11 Infants Dead In Cold Snap In Mexico

Eleven children died of exposure as a rare cold front sent temperatures below freezing in northern Mexico on Friday. The fatalities brought to at least 50 the number of deaths from unusually cold temperatures in the past four weeks. Temperatures in Mexico City dipped to 48 degrees overnight, but readings of nearfreezing were reported at mountain elevations above 13,000 feet.
News >  Washington Voices

Ice Storm Will Cost Students A Few Days Of Summer

A week of cold weather leisure will cost north Spokane school children the early days of summer. As a result of school closures during the November ice storm, Mead, Nine Mile Falls and Riverside school districts will extend the school year further into June than planned.
News >  Nation/World

Blizzard Whites Out Plains Highways

Stranded travelers packed the Lone Steer motel as many as five to a room Tuesday to wait out a blizzard that cut visibility nearly to zero, bringing much of the northern Plains to a standstill. Greyhound shut down all east-bound service on the route between Missoula and Minneapolis. Hundreds of miles of highway were closed across North Dakota, Wyoming, South Dakota and Nebraska, and schools were closed across the region because of dangerous roads. "We really mean it - absolutely no travel," said South Dakota Highway Patrol Lt. Don Bender.
News >  Washington Voices

Ice Storm Overtime, Supplies Add Costs For Valley Fire

Spokane Valley Fire officials estimate the fire district incurred nearly $60,000 in extra costs during last month's ice storm. The department racked up $29,000 in overtime costs during the five-day period, said Dave Lobdell, assistant chief. The department spent about $27,000 on material such as caution tape, traffic cones, fuel, rubber gloves and flares, Lobdell said.
News >  Spokane

Oregon Highways Crimped By Mudslides Heavy Rains Ease Up, But Travel Still Difficult

Rivers began cresting Monday in southwestern Oregon as heavy rains slacked off and evacuees had a chance to go home, but mudslides blocked or narrowed highways to the coast and more rain was forecast. Mudslides on Sunday knocked one mobile home from its foundation and wrapped around four others south of Myrtle Creek, though no one was injured, and RV parks in Brookings and Myrtle Creek were evacuated. "Right now we're just maintaining," Luann Urban at the Douglas County Emergency Management office in Roseburg said today. "The main readings on the South, North and mainstem Umpqua are holding or dropping slightly. The last couple of hours we've had no new slides. We're working on getting roads open."
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