NEW YORK — Rare snowfall in parts of Southern California has left scores of people stranded this week as winter storms sweep across the United States.
About 600 elementary and middle school students from Orange County's Irvine Unified School District were unable to return home last Friday from class trips to outdoor education camps in the San Bernardino Mountains due to closed and impassible roads from heavy snowfall, according to Los Angeles ABC station KABC-TV. The students and their chaperones were forced to stay there over the weekend.
"To support an efficient exit from camp, students will be taking their backpacks with essentials only today. Camp staff will return luggage to our school at the earliest possible time," she added."Our first priority is getting everyone out of camp while road and weather conditions permit safe travel."
Although"crews have been working tirelessly" to clear"key routes for first responders," with progress"being made in some residential areas," San Bernardino County said in Monday's press release that"there is no estimate for when mountain highways will open to public traffic or when residential areas will be safe for local travel."
Both San Bernardino County and the American Red Cross have established an emergency shelter and resource center for mountain residents who cannot get home at Redlands East Valley High School.
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