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— A powerful blizzard howled Saturday in the Sierra Nevada as the biggest storm of the season shut down a long stretch of Interstate 80 in California and gusty winds and heavy rain hit lower ...
A strong Pacific storm with an atmospheric river will continue to pummel California with a threat of flooding rain as feet of snow piles up in the Sierra Nevada through early Friday morning. Of ...
Snowed under in Truckee. 17:01, Louise Boyle. One of the places hit by the powerful multiple day winter storm in the Sierra Nevada mountains was Truckee. Kevin Dupui, who lives in the town, just ...
The atmospheric river also brought several feet of snow and hurricane-force winds to the California mountains and much of the West, leading to avalanche advisories for the Sierra Nevada ...
The storms caused record-breaking rainfall totals to be observed in multiple areas, as well as the declaration of states of emergency in multiple counties in Southern California. [3] [4] Wind gusts of hurricane force were observed in San Francisco, along with wind gusts reaching over 100 miles per hour (160 km/h) in the Sierra Nevada.
Due to the winter storm in the Sierra Nevada, chains were required for driving on I-80 and US 50. [6] I-80 was also briefly closed. In Reno, Nevada, around 27,000 customers briefly lost power. [7] Heavy snow also fell in Coconino County, Arizona, with Forest Lakes receiving 14 in (36 cm) of snow. Portions of I-40 and SR 89A shut down due to the ...
Storms began to ramp up during the last days of January and into the first part of February, but rainfall and the Sierra snowpack were well short of the historical average, especially in the ...
Flood watches were issued for Northern Nevada in December. [87] In parts of the Sierra Nevada, 7.5 in (19 cm) of snow fell in just one hour. [88] Reno, Nevada recorded its third wettest day on record. [89] The initial wave of storms in Nevada caused a fatality and $10 million in damage. [90] In addition, 35,000 customers in the state lost power ...