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The legislation required 55 mph (89 km/h) speed limits on all four-lane divided highways unless the road had a lower limit before November 1, 1973. In some cases, like the New York State Thruway, the 50 mph (80 km/h) speed limit had to be raised to comply with the law. The law capped speed limits at 55 mph (89 km/h) on all other roads. [18]
From January 7 to 31, 2025, a series of 8 destructive wildfires affected the Los Angeles metropolitan area and San Diego County in California, United States. [5] The fires were exacerbated by drought conditions, low humidity, a buildup of vegetation from the previous winter, and hurricane-force Santa Ana winds, which in some places reached 100 miles per hour (160 km/h; 45 m/s).
Southern California braces for a ferocious return of fire danger as the National Weather Service issues its ... Wind gusts will start to increase up to 65 mph at the valley floor and up to 100 mph ...
Despite milder-than-predicted conditions during much of the day, wind gusts of 50 to 70 mph in the mountains and 30 to 50 mph on the coasts and valleys are still forecast for Los Angeles and ...
PALISADES FIRE UPDATE - 1/15, 12 p.m. ... While speeds will go down throughout Thursday, winds will still “be slow to weaken,” the NWS said. ... And, the more than 14,000-acre Eaton Fire is 55 ...
Another CAL FIRE report at 9:20 a.m. said there had been three civilian injuries and two civilian fatalities, [29] a number which increased to three by 12:08 p.m. [30] Another update at 2:33 p.m. said the fire was at 21,317 acres (8,627 ha) and was still at 8% containment, [31] while an update from the DMEC said five fire-related deaths had ...
It hadn’t rained much in months, and wind gusts were expected to reach 80 mph. The so-called burning index — a rating that indicates the wildfire threat — was off the charts.
Among the deaths were a mother and child who were swept away in flood waters in Hart County, and an elderly man who attempted to drive through flood waters in Clay County. [26] [11] Beshear also stated that the number of fatalities is likely to rise. [21] The 12 deaths occurred in the counties of Hart, Pike, Washington, Clay, Floyd, and Nelson.