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Cold/Wind Chill — San Francisco Bay Shoreline, California
December 2, 2022 · NOAA Storm Events record
Direct deaths
1
Direct injuries
0
Property damage
—
Area
San Francisco Bay Shoreline
Event narrative (NOAA)
Two deaths were reported by police. Bodies were found in a parked car in a residential neighborhood in South San Francisco just before 6 p.m. Friday. It appears they were burning charcoal or a similar substance for heat ��� which likely filled the car with carbon monoxide, poisoning them. Temperatures dropped into the upper 30s F to low 40s F earlier that morning. The ground was wet from rain that had fallen the previous day.
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Source: NOAA/NCEI Storm Events Database. Deaths and injuries are those NOAA classifies as direct. Damage is the reporting office's estimate at the time and is not inflation-adjusted. This is a catalogue record, not a forecast.