Snow turns to frigid temperatures in the Pacific Northwest
Cars and trucks line up on northbound Interstate 5 north of Grants Pass, Ore., while waiting at an Oregon Department of Transportation checkpoint enforcing chain requirements Sunday, Dec. 26, 2021. Semi-trucks that did not have chains installed were being turned around and not allowed to proceed past the Hugo, Ore., interchange. (Scott Stoddard/Grants Pass Daily Courier via AP)
SEATTLE (AP) — Emergency warming shelters were opened throughout western Washington and Oregon as temperatures plunged into the teens and forecasters said an arctic blast would last for several days.
"What we're going to be seeing for the next few days is very cold temperatures, by Western Washington standards," said Mary Butwin, a meteorologist with the National Weather Service, told The Seattle Times...
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