FILE Alessandro Zanardi of Italy celebrates winning the gold medal after he competed in the man's road cycle individual time trial H4 category at the 2012 Paralympics games, in London., Wednesday, Sept. 5, 2012.
Italian auto racing champion-turned-Paralympic gold medalist Alex Zanardi has died at 59. His life was marked by two life-altering accidents. Zanardi’s family announced his death on Saturday saying that he passed away on Friday night. The family says in a statement that “Alex died peacefully surrounded by the affection of those closest to him.” In 2020 Zanardi was seriously injured in a handbike accident after crashing into an oncoming truck during a relay event in Tuscany. Zanardi suffered serious facial and cranial trauma in the crash and was put in a medically induced coma. Nearly 20 years earlier Zanardi lost both of his legs in an auto racing crash.
...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL IMPACT DOUGLAS AND CENTRAL LYON
COUNTIES THROUGH 1000 PM PDT...
At 924 PM PDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm 8
miles northeast of Wabuska, or 18 miles south of Lahontan Reservoir,
moving southwest at 30 mph.
HAZARD...Wind gusts up to 40 mph and pea size hail.
SOURCE...Radar indicated.
IMPACT...Gusty winds could knock down tree limbs and blow around
unsecured objects. Minor hail damage to vegetation is
possible.
Locations impacted include...
Yerington, Mason, Wabuska, Weed Heights, Junction Nv 339 And Nv 208,
Artesia Lake, Yerington Municipal Airport, and Smith Valley.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
If outdoors, consider seeking shelter inside a building.
&&
MAX HAIL SIZE...0.25 IN;
MAX WIND GUST...40 MPH