OMAHA, Neb. — Snow and rain storms that have battered a much of the country for days have started subsiding, leaving behind concerns about flooding in some areas.
Storms from Texas to the Upper Midwest dumped 23.9 inches of snow in Grand Forks, N.D., and 18 inches near Norfolk, Neb. In the East, higher temperatures and rains have started melting and washing away last week’s record-setting snowfalls, threatening the region with flooding.
The National Weather Service also issued flood warnings for parts of the South and Midwest, and winter weather advisories were still in effect in sections of Nebraska, the Dakotas, and Michigan through late Sunday morning.
A woman and her teenage daughter in Middletown, Pa., a suburb of Philadelphia, were rescued from a rain-swollen creek after their SUV went off the road Saturday. Rescue workers found the 14-year-old clinging to a log; her mother was trapped in the vehicle.
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Damn that global warming. Never there when one needs it.