Severe weather

It was a busy day for police agencies in the Top of Utah Friday, as the continuing snow storm contributed to slide-offs and other accidents.

As of 8:30 p.m., Friday, the Utah Highway Patrol had responded to eight vehicle slideoffs or crashes in Box Elder County, 42 in Weber County and 80 in Davis County.

The Davis County Sheriff’s Office handled 123 vehicle accidents and slideoffs, while the Weber County Consolidated Dispatch Center handled 161 such incidents in Weber and Morgan counties through 9:30 p.m.

SEATTLE — Residents in Washington and Oregon braced for more wet weather after a fierce storm swamped streets, toppled trees and large trucks, cut power to nearly 50,000 residents, and caused at least one death.

Though the main threat is over, the rain will continue but shouldn’t disrupt Thanksgiving holiday travel plans, since all major roads and passes in the Northwest are open.

Thanksgiving should be mainly dry in the Northwest, the National Weather Service said, but drivers may encounter winter driving conditions in mountain passes on their way home over the weekend.

OGDEN — The Utah Highway Patrol said several lanes of Interstate 15 were blocked briefly Monday night when a semitractor pulling a flatbed trailer overturned, spilling a load of plastic pipe.

ST. LOUIS -- The weather feels weird.

You might think this as you hide in the basement during yet another severe storm. Or when you cranked the A/C back in March and put away that barely-used snow shovel.