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U.S. NEWS Wednesday 9 september 2020
From heat to snow: Rocky Mountains see 60-degree plunge

By LINDSAY WHITEHURST tered winter storm warnings
and COLLEEN SLEVIN and weather advisories
Associated Press from southern Montana
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Sum- to southern Colorado.
mer came to an abrupt halt Freeze and frost warnings
in parts of the Rocky Moun- also were posted for parts
tains on Tuesday as temper- of Montana, Idaho, Colo-
atures reaching into the 90s rado, Nebraska, North Da-
plunged about 60 degrees kota and Minnesota.
in less than 24 hours, with a The cold and snow will help
powerful surge of cold air the fight against the Cam-
from Canada unleashing eron Peak Fire in northern
snow and damaging winds Colorado, which nearly
in several states. quadrupled in size over the
The roller coaster weather weekend, sending smoke
ripped up trees by their and ash into Denver. The
roots, piled up snow that weather was gradually ex-
shut down parts of the sce- pected to warm up, with
nic road through Glacier temperatures back up in
National Park and knocked A semi rests in its side after after high winds toppled it on Interstate 15 Tuesday, Sept. 8, 2020, near the 80s by the weekend in
out power to tens of thou- Bountiful, Utah. the Denver area.
sands. But the temperature Associated Press In Montana, where the
drop is helping with wildfires weather began to shift Sun-
in Colorado and Montana vice has recorded six other grees, wind gusts of nearly a broken tree in front of the day night, the small city of
that had ballooned in hot, days since 1872 where the 100 mph roared through playground. Red Lodge, a gateway to
windy weather and forced temperature dropped by Salt Lake City, downing "You get them all geared Yellowstone National Park,
people to flee their homes. 60 degrees or more in Den- trees and canceling the up, get their laptops, get had received 10.5 inches
Heat and strong winds also ver, but they were all dur- first day of online school. them all ready to go, and (27 centimeters) of snow.
hit California and parts of ing the winter. The latest Officials warned people to now they're not starting un- Farther north in Glacier Na-
the Pacific Northwest over plunge came after the city stay inside to avoid flying til Thursday," she said. tional Park, snow closed
the holiday weekend, ignit- hit a record high of 101 on debris, downed power lines A utility reported almost the higher elevations of the
ing destructive wildfires. Saturday, one of its hottest and other dangers. Several 200,000 customers lost Going-to-the-Sun Road.
Snow fell in Colorado, days ever in September, he semitrailer trucks blew over power in Idaho, Utah and A windstorm in western
Montana and Wyoming. said. While Schumacher, on northern Utah highways. Wyoming, where por- Montana on Monday
Far from the ocean and an associate professor at Josephine Bradbury's two tions of Interstate 80 were knocked down trees and
its moderating effect on Colorado State University, daughters were looking for- closed. Some could be power lines and damaged
weather, Colorado is no believes climate change ward to remote classes af- without electricity for days, docks and boats on mas-
stranger to extreme shifts. has been contributing to ter months of missing friends officials said. sive Flathead Lake. Ken
However, Denver's tem- the heat across the U.S. and teachers because of Six inches (15 centimeters) and Karen Brown, who live
perature drop, from 93 on West that has been fueling the coronavirus pandemic. or more of snow could fall in Safety Bay on the south-
Monday to 32 on Tuesday, wildfires, it's not clear yet But the girls couldn't log in the northern and central west side of the lake, told
is "much earlier than we whether it's also playing a on for their first- and sixth- Rockies, with 1 to 2 feet (30 NBC Montana that the
usually get this," state cli- role in the cold front and the grade classes, so they all to 60 centimeters) drop- community usually lives up
matologist Russ Schumach- extreme temperature drop. went to their Salt Lake City ping in the highest peaks, to its name but that wind-
er said. In Utah, where tempera- school for help, fighting the National Weather Ser- driven waves took most of
The National Weather Ser- tures plummeted by 40 de- whipping wind and passing vice said. It has issued scat- the planks off their dock. q

U.S. officials: Israel, UAE to sign deal at White House

By MATTHEW LEE the ceremony would either between the countries, the
AP Diplomatic Writer be on the South Lawn, the establishment of telephone
WASHINGTON (AP) — Israel Rose Garden or inside de- links and commitments to
and the United Arab Emir- pending on weather. cooperate in numerous ar-
ates will sign their historic The ceremony will come eas.
deal normalizing relations just a month after the UAE has also ended the
at a White House ceremo- agreement to establish full country's boycott of Israel,
ny on Sept. 15, U.S. officials diplomatic relations was which allows trade and
said Tuesday. announced on Aug. 13. The commerce between the
The officials said senior del- The historic deal delivered oil-rich Emirates and Israel,
egations from both coun- a key foreign policy victory home to a thriving dia-
tries will likely be led by to President Donald Trump mond trade, pharmaceu-
Israeli Prime Minister Benja- as he seeks reelection, and tical companies and tech
min Netanyahu and Emi- reflected a changing Mid- start-ups.
rati Foreign Minister Sheikh dle East in which shared The Palestinians have re- Israeli National Security Advisor Meir Ben-Shabbat, center left,
Abdullah bin Zayed Al Na- concerns about archen- jected the deal. The UAE elbow bumps with an Emirati official as he leaves Abu Dhabi,
hyan, the brother of the emy Iran have largely over- presented the agreement Arab Emirates, Tuesday, Sept. 1, 2020.
UAE crown prince. The of- taken traditional Arab sup- as taking Israel's planned Associated Press
ficials, who were not autho- port for the Palestinians. annexation of parts of the hu insisted the pause was Emirates foreign minister is
rized to discuss the matter That announcement has occupied West Bank off "temporary." Abdullah bin Zayed Al Na-
publicly and spoke on con- been followed by the first the table. But Israeli Prime This story has been correct- hyan, not Mohammed bin
dition of anonymity, said direct commercial flight Minister Benjamin Netanya- ed to show the name of the Zayad.q