SPOKANE, Wash. — Spokane residents were trying to dig out Tuesday after a record-breaking month of snow. Bismarck, N.D., also set a snow record.
A supermarket roof in north Spokane collapsed Monday eve ning. A fire official said only one minor injury was reported. Two more collapses were reported Tuesday morning, at a church gymnasium and a hardware store. No one was injured.
The collapses came as Spokane set a monthly record for snowfall, at 59.7 inches, after 8.3 inches were recorded in the 24-hour period ending at 4 p.m. Monday, said National Weather Service meteorologist Ellie Kelch. That’s more snow than the area receives in a typical winter.
In Bismarck, the National Weather Service said 4 new inches of snow brought the city’s December total to 33.3 inches, above the record of 31.1 inches set in March 1975.
An avalanche Monday claimed the life of a 15-year- old boy who was snowmobiling in Summit County, Utah.
