Tops of palm trees toppled at the Marriott Desert Springs Resort on Country Club and Cook in Palm Desert.
tree crashed into a home at El Dorado Mobile Home Park, smashing the structure and displacing the occupant.
A power pole at East Palm Canyon Drive and Cherokee Way was knocked over or damaged by the wind Tuesday night, according to Palm Springs Fire Department Battalion Chief Austin Smith.
The California Highway Patrol has issued a wind advisory today for the I-10 freeway from Cabazon to Desert Center.
There are reports of scattered power outages in the Coachella Valley, including along parts of Palm Canyon Drive in Palm Springs.
Calls we've made to Southern California Edison have not yet been returned for details.
Traffic lights are out on South Palm Canyon Drive, south of East Palm Canyon Drive. Traffic was stopping for a tumbleweed blowing accross Ramon near the airport.
The wind overturned a truck-trailer, typically used for gardening, shortly before 9 p.m. Tuesday on the Interstate 10 overpass at Indian Canyon Drive, according to California Highway Patrol dispatch in Indio.
Strong winds also prompted Palm Springs Aerial Tramway staff to close the attraction about 5 p.m. — five hours early.
Gusts of 50 mph are expected today in the Banning Pass, with 40 mph gusts within the local city limits, Meteorologist Brandt Maxwell said. “Even places down valley can get some pretty good wind, but the strongest winds will be closest to the pass,” he said.
Today's sustained winds may blow 30 mph with “unseasonably cool” temperatures in the lower 70s, Maxwell said.
I remember 2 simalliar wind storms back in the early 70's(1972 or '73, &'75?) that wreak havoc in Palm Springs...When that wind blows in from the North(Windy Point-out on HWY 111) man can it cause damage...You never forget those things...
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