RAIN CAUSES 40
ACCIDENTS IN 3 HOURS ON LAS VEGAS HIGHWAYS
Staying home or just away from Las Vegas highways to
enjoy the rainy weather is probably a safe idea since the Nevada Highway Patrol
is reporting about 40 vehicle accidents in the past three hours.
However, being home for about 5,000 NV Energy customers
was almost an uncertainty since the power company reported momentary outages
Sunday morning. Power was immediately restored, according to the company’s
website.
The vehicle-crash locations were spread through
Interstate 15, U.S Highway 95 and the 215 Beltway, according to NHP’s website.
Some accidents caused injuries, but the extent was unknown as of noon.
Several lanes on the three highways were shut down,
according to the Regional Transportation Commission of Southern Nevada.
Cloudy and rainy conditions were expected to remain in
the valley most of the day, according to the U.S National Weather Service.
No need to worry about flash floods, but the weather
service does warn of slick road conditions, meteorologist John Adair said.
The storm, which was described as a “big band of rain”
affecting Southern California all the way onto the southern part of Nevada, was
slowly moving to the northeast valley Sunday morning, Adair said.
Clark County will receive a “decent thread of rain” that
will range from light to moderate most of the day, Adair said. South Las Vegas
was expected to see rain beginning at 10 a.m.
Between a quarter to a half an inch of precipitation was
expected to accumulate, Adair said.
Current temperatures in Clark County are about 48
degrees and not expected to go higher than 51 degrees, according to the weather
service. There is a 40-percent chance of scattered showers for the day and a
20-percent chance of isolated showers for Sunday night.
Monday’s conditions were projected to be mostly cloudy
with temperatures projected to reach a high of about 56 degrees.