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ByDavidWarrenand Reese Dunklin The Associated Press GARLAND, TEXAS Resi- dents surveyed the destruc- tion from deadly tornadoes in North Texas as the same storm system brought win- ter woes to the Midwest on Monday, amplifying flood- ing that's blamed for more than a dozen deaths and prompting hundreds of flight cancellations. At least 11 people died and dozens were injured in the tornadoes that swept through the Dal- las area on Saturday and caused substantial dam- age. That, plus flooding in Missouri and Illinois, were the latest in a succession of severe weather events across the country in the last week that led to doz- ens of deaths. The country's midsec- tion was seeing a range of precipitation, including heavy snow, ice and blus- tery winds in parts of sev- eral states and heavy rain in already-waterlogged parts of Missouri and Arkansas. The system caused more than 1,400 flights to be can- celed — nearly half of which were at Chicago's two main airports — and 2,600 to be delayed, according to flight- tracking service FlightA- ware. A typical day sees about 150 cancelations and 4,000 delays. Authorities in Geor- gia said they recovered the body of a man whose car was swept away when floodwaters overtook it. They also recovered a sec- ond body, a death they said later Monday did not ap- pear to be storm-related. In North Texas, local offi- cials estimated as many as 1,450 homes were damaged or destroyed by at least nine tornadoes. "This is a huge impact on our community and we're all suffering," Garland Po- lice Lt. Pedro Barineau said of the suburb about 20 miles northeast of Dallas, where eight people died, 15 were injured and about 600 structures, mostly single- family homes, were dam- aged. In nearby Rowlett, City Manager Brian Funderburk said Sunday that 23 people were injured, but that there were no deaths and no re- ports of missing people. Dallas County Judge Clay Jenkins said Sunday night that as many as 600 homes were damaged in Rowlett. Three people died in Col- lin County, about 45 miles northeast of Dallas, ac- cording to sheriff's deputy Chris Havey, although the circumstances were not im- mediately clear. Texas Gov. Greg Abbott made disaster declarations Sunday for four counties — Dallas, Collin, Rockwall and Ellis — and warned that the number of victims could rise. The American Red Cross was fanning out in the Dal- las area to distribute sup- plies including tarps, shov- els, rakes and trash bags. Chris and Sheila Carter were staying at a Red Cross shelter in Garland with their 22-year-old son. They live in an apartment com- plex there, where they rode out the storm. Their ceiling caved in and they had some windows broken out, with water leaking in after. "It sounded like a train was on the roof for five or six minutes," Chris Carter said. Many roads across West Texas and the Panhandle were still closed, with long delays expected. Interstate 40, the main east-west highway across the Panhandle, reopened Monday morning. Traffic had been at a standstill for hours in West Texas where Interstate 10 splits into In- terstate 20, before it began slowly moving Monday. Of- ficials said traffic became snarled Sunday night and was backed up for about 13 miles. Vito Randazzo of Cali- fornia sat on I-10 for about 13 hours. "Everybody's just sleeping in their cars," said Randazzo, who added that the roadway was snow- packed and icy. "I can't be- lieve the road was left in this condition." Around 9 a.m. Monday he was able to see to drive across a median and get onto a service road. Oklahoma Gov. Mary Fal- lin declared a state of emer- gency after blizzard con- ditions affected the west- ern and central parts of the state and up to a foot of rain fell in the southern and eastern sections. State emergency officials say more than 50 people have been injured and about 175,000 are without power. SEVERE WEATHER Large storm brings twisters, floods, now snow and ice G.J.MCCARTHY—THEDALLASMORNINGNEWS This aerial photo shows a destroyed home in Red Oak, Texas, on Monday. Washington 64/46 New York 54/4 4 Miami 84/75 Atlanta 67/59 Detroit 43/31 Houston 57/46 Chicago 35/24 Minneapolis 26/16 Kansas City 26/12 El Paso 42/27 Denver 23/8 Billings 18/9 Los Angeles 61/40 San Francisco 52/41 Seattle 39/28 AIRQUALITYFORECAST Whatitmeans:0-50:Good; 51-100:Moderate; 101-150:Unhealthyforsensitivepeople; 151+:Unhealthyforall. Source: Airnow.gov City Today'sairquality City Hi/Lo/W Hi/Lo/W CALIFORNIA CITIES National and world forecast s-sunny,pc-partly cloudy,c-cloudy,sh-showers,t-thunderstorms,r-rain,sf-snow flurries,sn-snow,i-ice City Hi/Lo/W Hi/Lo/W Summary National Extremes World Extremes North and South America Asia, Australia Africa CarsonCity Hawthorne Reno Herlong Lovelock Sacramento Yuba City Napa Ukiah Chico Corning Lakeview Alturas Susanville Redding Red Bluff Laytonville Fort Bragg Point Arena Eureka Redway Mount Shasta Yreka Crescent City Ashland Shown is today's weather. Temperatures are today's highs and tonight's lows. Shown are today's noon positions of weather systems and precipitation. Temperature bands are highs for the day. ALMANAC Precipitation Temperatures ALLERGY REPORT Pollenlevels Source: National Allergy Bureau TODAY'S UV INDEX (The higher the number, the faster skin damage will occur.) Extreme Very high High Moderate Low SUN SETTINGS, MOON PHASES Sunrise Sunset Moonrise Moonset Hoursofsunlight River Levels SacramentoRiver Flood 7a.m. 24-hr Stage yest. chg. Lake Levels Elevation Yesterday Storage (acre-feet) Percent Capacity Q: A: WEDNESDAY 52° 35° THURSDAY 53° 32° Plenty of sun Sun and some clouds FRIDAY 51° 31° Plenty of sunshine SATURDAY 49° 31° Plenty of sunshine TODAY 51° 35° Mostly sunny. Mostly cloudy and chilly tonight. High ....................................................................... 53° Low ........................................................................ 33° Normal high ......................................................... 53° Normal low ........................................................... 37° Record high ............................................. 75° in 1956 Record low .............................................. 23° in 1988 Humidity noon today ........................................ 52% 24 hours through 2 p.m. yesterday ................. 0.02" Month to date ................................................... 3.41" Normal month to date ..................................... 3.71" Season to date .................................................. 4.78" Normal season to date .................................... 7.77" Red Bluff through 2 p.m. yesterday Chico .......................................................... Moderate Napa ........................................................... Moderate Red Bluff .............................................. Not available Redding ............................................... Not available Yuba City ................................................... Moderate Allergy, dust and dander today: At Risk Grass .................. Absent Mold .........................Low Trees .................. Absent Weeds ................ Absent 2 Highest at 11 a.m. Today 7:31 a.m. 4:51 p.m. 9:35 p.m. 10:13 a.m. Wednesday 7:31 a.m. 4:52 p.m. 10:33 p.m. 10:46 a.m. 9 hr., 20 min. Jan1 Last Jan9 New First Jan16 Full Jan23 aboveBendBridge......................27 ...........1.10 ....... -0.10 atHamiltonCity.........................148 ......129.20 ....... -0.10 atOrdFerry................................114 ........96.80 ....... -0.20 atRedBluffDiversionDam.......253 ......237.90 ....... -0.10 atTehamaBridge ......................213 ......200.60 ....... -0.10 atVinaWoodsonBridge............183 ......166.50 ....... -0.10 BlackButte ....................442.27..............36,047 .....25.1% LakeOroville..................664.74.........1,005,221 .....26.9% LakeShasta ...................919.93.........1,423,821 .....31.3% LakeTrinity..................2184.34............498,158 .....18.8% Whiskeytown...............1197.74............203,450 .....84.4% Weather Trivia ™ If a cold front reverses its direction, what would it then be called? A warm front. Today Wednesday Anaheim 61/35/s 63/38/s Bakersfield 52/30/pc 54/31/s Chula Vista 60/40/s 63/42/s Crescent City 50/40/pc 52/38/pc Death Valley 55/24/s 56/29/s Eureka 49/39/s 51/34/pc Fremont 53/35/s 55/34/pc Fresno 49/30/pc 50/30/s Glendale 59/35/s 61/38/s Huntington Beach 59/44/s 62/45/s Irvine 60/37/s 62/37/s Lake Tahoe 32/14/pc 34/11/pc Long Beach 62/40/s 65/42/s Los Angeles 61/40/s 63/44/s Mammoth Mountain 34/8/s 38/11/pc Modesto 51/31/s 52/33/s Monterey 54/37/s 57/38/s Moreno Valley 55/28/s 59/30/s Napa 53/33/s 51/29/pc Needles 56/33/s 57/36/s Oakland 53/38/s 55/37/pc Oxnard 60/40/s 62/43/s Redding 53/35/s 52/33/pc Riverside 57/26/s 60/28/s Sacramento 50/31/s 52/30/s San Bernardino 57/29/s 60/34/s San Diego 61/45/s 63/46/s San Francisco 52/41/s 54/40/pc San Jose 54/35/s 56/37/pc San Luis Obispo 60/35/s 65/38/s Santa Ana 60/40/s 62/41/s Santa Barbara 61/34/s 62/36/s Santa Clarita 57/29/s 59/35/s Stockton 51/31/s 53/31/s Ventura 60/38/s 61/41/s Yosemite Valley 38/18/s 41/19/pc Today Wednesday Albuquerque 32/18/sf 36/16/s Atlanta 67/59/pc 66/49/r Baltimore 64/44/r 56/46/r Boston 42/34/sn 44/38/c Buffalo 46/36/r 41/31/r Chicago 35/24/c 30/21/sf Cincinnati 47/35/c 45/28/r Dallas 48/33/s 51/33/s Denver 23/8/c 25/4/pc Detroit 43/31/r 37/29/c El Paso 42/27/c 45/27/s Fargo 19/11/sn 19/10/c Honolulu 83/71/s 83/70/sh Houston 57/46/s 63/45/pc Indianapolis 40/29/c 38/25/c Kansas City 26/12/pc 27/9/pc Las Vegas 48/30/s 49/31/s Louisville 51/39/c 50/32/r Miami 84/75/pc 84/75/pc Minneapolis 26/16/sn 22/14/sf New Orleans 64/58/pc 62/54/t New York City 54/44/r 52/44/r Oklahoma City 36/24/s 37/24/pc A storm will bring significant snow to northern New England today. Snow and ice will transition to rain in the upper part of the mid-Atlantic and southern New England. Rain and thunderstorms are forecast farther south from around the Chesapeake Bay region to the northeastern Gulf Coast. Snow will diminish to flurries over the upper Great Lakes and the northern Plains. Cooler air is forecast to expand from the central Plains to the Mississippi and Ohio valleys, as well as the western Gulf Coast. Cold air is forecast to hold over much of the West. High ........................... 88° in Plant City, FL Low .......................... -29° in Gunnison, CO High ............. 113° in Geraldton, Australia Low ...................... -51° in Eureka, Canada Bogota 71/44/pc 71/45/pc Buenos Aires 90/72/pc 89/68/pc Caracas 84/75/pc 84/75/pc Ensenada 60/39/s 63/37/s Mexico City 75/42/pc 76/46/pc Montreal 24/18/sn 27/25/sf Rio de Janeiro 93/77/pc 92/79/c Tijuana 60/36/s 64/38/s Toronto 43/34/r 39/29/sh Vancouver 39/25/s 38/22/s Orlando 85/68/pc 86/68/c Philadelphia 64/45/r 55/44/r Phoenix 57/36/s 60/38/s Pittsburgh 53/34/r 48/30/r Portland, ME 31/22/sn 35/30/c Portland, OR 41/31/r 39/27/pc St. Louis 39/28/c 39/24/c Salt Lake City 27/17/c 31/12/pc Seattle 39/28/pc 38/27/pc Tucson 53/32/s 58/35/s Washington, DC 64/46/r 57/44/r Cairo 70/53/s 68/52/pc Casablanca 72/45/s 71/45/s Johannesburg 88/58/t 85/58/pc Kinshasa 90/73/t 88/73/t Lagos 91/71/s 89/71/s Nairobi 79/56/s 81/58/s Tripoli 63/48/sh 62/50/c Baghdad 62/44/pc 57/40/r Beijing 40/23/pc 40/16/s Hong Kong 66/58/pc 64/58/c Jerusalem 59/43/s 53/43/sh Kabul 50/22/s 49/18/s Manila 85/75/s 86/75/s Melbourne 78/50/s 93/68/pc New Delhi 76/48/pc 76/48/pc Seoul 35/23/pc 42/28/sh Singapore 88/78/pc 87/77/c Sydney 73/61/s 75/63/s Tehran 48/28/s 43/32/r Tokyo 50/40/pc 51/41/pc Amsterdam 50/42/c 49/42/pc Athens 63/48/s 52/38/sh Belgrade 37/28/c 32/21/sf Berlin 42/30/pc 36/30/s Budapest 41/25/pc 31/20/s Dublin 51/48/r 53/35/r London 54/49/pc 55/43/c Madrid 54/36/pc 52/42/pc Moscow 21/17/pc 21/11/sf Paris 53/41/pc 50/43/c Rome 57/33/s 54/34/pc Stockholm 32/26/s 34/29/c Vienna 37/30/c 33/22/pc Zurich 42/28/c 41/27/pc 32/15 34/10 36/19 32/18 34/13 50/31 49/33 53/33 50/34 49/34 50/35 24/14 25/16 34/18 53/35 51/35 47/36 51/45 51/44 49/39 50/36 37/27 37/25 50/40 39/28 Forecasts and graphics provided by AccuWeather, Inc. ©2015 | WEATHER | REDBLUFFDAILYNEWS.COM TUESDAY, DECEMBER 29, 2015 8 B