SNOW IN AMERICA

New Zealand Herald, Volume LXXIV, Issue 22643, 3 February 1937, Page 13

SNOW IN AMERICA

ABNORMAL FALLS THAWS NOW PREDICTED FURTHER FLOODS FEARED BAD PLIGHT OF OREGON By Telegraph—Press Association—Copyright (Roceived February 2, 7.12 p.m.) •NEW YORK, Feb. 1 Warmer temperatures and thaws are forecast, thus threatening floods in Western Oregon, where Portland is buried under the heaviest fall of snow in its history.

Snow has blocked highways in the States of Washington and Oregon, in the mountains of Northern California and two main roads in Utah. Residents of the coastal area have been warned that a new storm may blow in from the Pacific to-night.

Sixteen inches of snow at Portland have paralysed business there, caused the schools to be closed and marooned tramcars.

It is estimated that 50,000 people are snow-bound in Oregon alone. One electric train reached Spokane, Washington, four days late. The temperatures are again at freezing point in the citrus fruit areas of Southern California.