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KMBC Weather Report

Wednesday afternoon, KMBC Weather: With snow forecast to begin falling before rush hour the road crews have a plan to address the latest round of winter.

KMBC Martin Augustine checked with public works departments around the area.

In Kansas City, Missouri, with more than 4,000 miles of roads and streets to clear, half the crew will be sent home and return later in the evening to allow any hour, curb to curb plowing the main roads and streets. Regarding the pretreatment of roads, road crews said it depends on what temperatures are like Wednesday morning.

Super Storm In California

Latest Report From meteorologists Californians aren’t sure whether to prepare for doomsday or shrug off this. Dubbed the “superstorm,” scientists from the U.S. Geological Survey’s Multi Hazards Demonstration Project (MHDP) just presented a document hypothesizing the effects of a massive winter storm on the state of California. Over 100 scientists, public policy experts, and engineers signed on to the research, which aims to help prepare the state for multiple emergency scenarios by shoring up already-existing infrastructure and proposing new ideas. For example, research from MHDP’s first hypothetical hazard, the ShakeOut Earthquake Scenario, resulted in a massive earthquake drill that involved over 5.5 million citizens.

MHDP’s report predicts that in the event of a catastrophic storm, California’s flood protection systems would be overwhelmed and property damage could reach almost $400 billion dollars. Over 1.5 million residents would have to be evacuated, and “business interruption costs” could reach $325 billion in addition to the aforementioned property costs.