Area travel could be sluggish going until eventually Wednesday after temperatures last but not least get out of the present deep freeze.
Overnight lows dipped to -10 and wind chills went under -30 at instances Monday early morning, which means it will be rough for cure supplies to do considerably fantastic till we have temperatures in the 20s or abundant sunshine. Public Works Director Dean Grant claims crews will continue to keep performing the subsequent handful of days.
Grant also claims there haven’t been a good deal of concerns with underground waterlines to this issue, but he is observing to see if there are breaks in the course of the cold or perhaps the moment temperatures warm to the 40s by the weekend. He also suggests some valves and leaky drinking water mains may possibly very well be permitted to drip for now.
Independently, General public Functions bought quite a few phone calls about frozen assistance strains around the weekend. Grant suggests people ought to enable their taps drip when the intense cold carries on.
A lot of schedule changes have been named in over the weekend and many of all those are helpful Monday. Click listed here for the KVOE.com Closings and Cancellations web page.
Unexpected emergency accident reporting carries on in the Emporia metropolis boundaries. If you get into a non-injuries crash, exchange insurance info with other motorists included and file a report with Emporia Police at your earliest usefulness. Individuals in-city non-damage crashes do not have to have to be instantly noted to Unexpected emergency Dispatch, but the office is asking citizens who have crashes outdoors the city limitations to get in touch with those people in.
Winter climate advisories keep on for Lyon and most surrounding counties till 3 pm, with Chase and Greenwood counties in different advisories right until midday as a dusting to fifty percent an inch of new snow could drop across the place. Wind chill warnings go on areawide until midday Tuesday.
Conditions gradually improve this week, and the recent forecast has highs acquiring earlier mentioned freezing Friday and into the 40s by Saturday.
Be confident to remain with KVOE, KVOE.com and KVOE social media for updates as this bitter chilly weather proceeds. If you have agenda adjustments, contact KVOE at 342-1400 or e mail This e-mail tackle is becoming safeguarded from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it..