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u.s. news Diaranson 30 December 2020

Winter storm could bring several inches of snow

(AP) — A strong win- “Conditions remain hazard- ered with snow by midday
ter storm began making ous & we anticipate they will Tuesday.
its way across the Upper remain so all day Tuesday.
Midwest Tuesday, creating Please avoid travel," the de- “Travel conditions are likely
treacherous travel condi- partment said on Twitter. to go downhill all day/night,
tions and spurring warn- the Iowa department said on
ings urging people to stay Police in Omaha reported Twitter. “If you must travel
off the roads. several accidents blamed on in the impacted areas, buck-
slick roads. Some parts of le up, slow down and allow
The National Weather Ser- Nebraska had already seen plenty of space between ve-
vice issued winter storm 3 inches (8 centimeters) of hicles.”
warnings for parts of Nebras- snow by mid-morning, and
ka, Iowa, Kansas, Missouri, the area near Creston, Iowa, Wisconsin was also bracing
South Dakota, Wisconsin and already had 5 inches (13 cen- for up to 10 inches (25 cen-
Illinois. timeters) of snow. timeters) of snow in some
areas. The forecast called for
By Tuesday morning, snow Heavy snowfall of up to a 3 to 6 inches of snow in the
was so heavy in western Ne- foot (30 centimeters), and Milwaukee area. cause power outages. Among them were several
braska that Interstates 80 and perhaps more in some spots, rollover wrecks on the Kan-
76 were closed for several was forecast in parts of Iowa, AccuWeather said parts of In Topeka, morning snow sas side of the metropolitan
hours in both directions af- where the state Department southeast Nebraska, north- was expected to give way to area.
ter numerous accidents, and of Transportation urged peo- east Kansas, northern Mis- freezing rain before eventu-
the Nebraska Department ple to delay travel plans. The souri and southern Iowa ally becoming rain. The Missouri Department
of Transportation warned department's road conditions could see ice accumulations of Transportation said roads
people to avoid unnecessary map showed most highways of up to a quarter of an inch, In the Kansas City area, light were mostly or partly covered
travel. in the western part of the which could weigh down snow on Tuesday morning with snow in the northern
state covered or partly cov- power lines and branches and resulted in several accidents. third of the state.

Major rail safety technology installed before deadline

(AP) — The railroad industry has ducing human error by automatically Board has said more than 150 train tor train position and speed, and it
installed an automatic braking stopping trains in certain situations crashes since 1969 could have been can give engineers commands. The
system on nearly 58,000 miles of like when it’s in danger of colliding, prevented by positive train control, NTSB said the system could have
track where it is required ahead derailing because of excessive speed, which was required in 2008 after a prevented the December 2017 derail-
of a yearend deadline, federal entering track under maintenance or commuter train collided head-on ment of an Amtrak passenger train
regulators said Tuesday. traveling the wrong direction because with a freight train near Los Angeles, in Washington state that killed three
of switching mistakes. killing 25 and injuring more than 100. passengers and injured 57 people.
Federal Railroad Administration chief Congress extended the original 2015 Ian Jefferies, CEO of the Association
Ronald Batory said railroads worked “PTC is a risk reduction system that deadline twice and gave railroads un- of American Railroads trade group,
together over the past 12 years to will make a safe industry even safer, til the end of this year to complete the said completing the positive train
develop and install the long-awaited and provide a solid foundation upon system. control systems is an important mile-
technology known as positive train which additional safety improve- stone for the industry that will "en-
control, or PTC. The roughly $15 ments will be realized,” Batory said. The braking system uses GPS, wire- hance safety and springboard innova-
billion braking system is aimed at re- The National Transportation Safety less radio and computers to moni- tion long into the future.”

New US dietary guidelines: No candy, cake for kids under 2

( AP ) - Parents now have AND MOMS development in their babies,
an extra reason to say no Instead, the guidelines stick Babies should have only these women should eat 8 Pregnant women should not
to candy, cake and ice with previous advice: limit breast milk at least until they to 12 ounces of seafood per drink alcohol, according to
cream for young children. added sugar to less than 10% reach 6 months, the guide- week. They should be sure the guidelines, and breast-
The first U.S. govern- of calories per day after age lines say. If breast milk isn’t to choose fish — such as cod, feeding women should be
ment dietary guidelines 2. And men should limit al- available, they should get salmon, sardines and tilapia cautious. Caffeine in mod-
for infants and toddlers, cohol to no more than two iron-fortified infant formula — with lower levels of mer- est amounts appears safe and
released Tuesday, recom- drinks per day, twice as much during the first year. Babies cury, which can harm chil- women can discuss that with
mend feeding only breast as advised for women. should get supplemental vi- dren's nervous systems. their doctors.
milk for at least six months tamin D beginning soon after
and no added sugar for “I don’t think we’re finished birth.
children under age 2. with alcohol,” said Schnee-
man, who chaired a commit- Babies can start eating other
“It’s never too early to start,” tee advising the government food at about 6 months and
said Barbara Schneeman, a on the guidelines. “There’s should be introduced to po-
nutritionist at University of more we need to learn.” tential allergenic foods along
California, Davis. “You have with other foods.
to make every bite count in The dietary guidelines are is-
those early years.” sued every five years by the “Introducing peanut-con-
The guidelines stop short of Agriculture Department and taining foods in the first year
two key recommendations the Department of Health reduces the risk that an infant
from scientists advising the and Human Services. The will develop a food allergy to
government. Those advis- government uses them to set peanuts,” the guidelines say.
ers said in July that everyone standards for school lunches
should limit their added sug- and other programs. Some There’s more advice than in
ar intake to less than 6% of highlights: prior guidelines for pregnant
calories and men should limit and breastfeeding women.
alcohol to one drink per day. INFANTS, TODDLERS To promote healthy brain