N Indian Canyon to remain closed until Friday
Palm Springs officials announce N Indian Canyon Drive at the Whitewater wash will remain closed until at least Friday.
The roadway has been closed since early Saturday morning due to heavy sand build up as a result of strong winds.
According to our First Alert Weather team, a wind advisory is in effect for the Coachella Valley today until midnight. The gusts are projected to weaken by Wednesday morning. {“url”:”https://twitter.com/KESQHaley/status/1123473412515618816″,”author_name”:”Haley Clawson KESQ”,”author_url”:”https://twitter.com/KESQHaley”,”html”:”&#lt;blockquote class=”twitter-tweet”&#gt;&#lt;p lang=”en” dir=”ltr”&#gt;Peak wind gusts from around the Coachella Valley include 61 MPH in Whitewater and 40 MPH in Thousand Palms! The Wind Advisory expires at midnight and winds will weaken through Wednesday morning. &#lt;a href=”https://t.co/YOybfWjis9″&#gt;pic.twitter.com/YOybfWjis9&#lt;/a&#gt;&#lt;/p&#gt;— Haley Clawson KESQ (@KESQHaley) &#lt;a href=”https://twitter.com/KESQHaley/status/1123473412515618816?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw”&#gt;May 1, 2019&#lt;/a&#gt;&#lt;/blockquote&#gt;n&#lt;script async src=”https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js” charset=”utf-8″&#gt;&#lt;/script&#gt;n”,”width”:550,”height”:null,”type”:”rich”,”cache_age”:”3153600000″,”provider_name”:”Twitter”,”provider_url”:”https://twitter.com”,”version”:”1.0″}
Read: Winds will weaken and temperatures will rise through the rest of this work week
Officials said they have enlisted more contractors to speed up the sand removal and clean up process.
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