![]() Last year’s annual homeless count identified 222 unsheltered homeless people in Palm Springs, the second-highest number in the county after the city of Riverside, with only 15 overnight shelter beds available. The car’s windows are broken, allowing cold air in at night. “It was so cold and windy last night, it felt like what trying to sleep through a tsunami would feel like,” said 62-year-old Cheryl Shannon, who lives in her car in Palm Springs. Unhoused people in Palm Springs are bracing for an atypically cold weekend of wind and rain in the Coachella Valley. Here's what you need to know about Friday's weather: Unusual cold poses challenges for homeless in Palm Springs View Gallery: Photos: Snow falls on the higher elevations around Palm Springs and Joshua Tree, California SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA: Blizzard will unleash 'real danger' upon unhoused people "The craziest part of this is that you could see anything from this storm," Fox Weather meteorologist Amy Freeze told USA TODAY. "We've talked about blizzard warnings, we've talked about flash flooding, but we can also get serious thunderstorms this morning." Meanwhile, 3 million Californians awoke Friday morning to a winter storm warning stemming from the storm that first rolled into the Golden State the day before, leaving more than 100,000 customers without electricity. Low temperatures were set to reach 40 degrees over the weekend in the area. The chill and the winds together aren’t like anything we’ve felt here that I can remember.” “The wind gusts we’ve experienced were probably the strongest seen. ![]() “This is probably the strangest winter we’ve had yet,” said Mindy Kelley, who is from Oregon but has been wintering in Palm Springs for 25 years. Those in Southern California could see snow creeping down the hills to the valley floor Friday morning during what residents described as the weirdest weather in memory. From the inland deserts to the hills of Los Angeles County and north to the Sierra Nevada mountains, California on Friday was experiencing bizarre winter weather from a massive storm that's pushing through the West Coast. Watch Video: Flash floods hit SoCal, stranding cars and prompting evacuations
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