Blizzard circumstances batter California mountains
A harmful winter storm is slamming Northern California with uncommon blizzard circumstances and fierce winds because it threatens to unload as much as 10 ft of snow within the mountains and snarl journey.
About a half million individuals are underneath blizzard warnings within the Mountain West, with one other 6 million underneath winter climate alerts throughout the area.
The climate service on Friday warned of “high to extreme” avalanche hazard by way of Sunday afternoon within the Central Sierra and Greater Lake Tahoe space. The most excessive circumstances are unfolding on the highest elevations, the place snowfall charges may prime three to 5 inches an hour by way of Saturday, threatening highway closures and growing the chance of avalanches.