Nevada
Winter storm dumps several feet of snow on Sierra Nevada
The snowstorm triggered mountain freeway closures and avalanche warnings. Winds exceeded 100 miles per hour and despatched ski elevate chairs in Lake Tahoe rocking.
Nationwide Climate Service meteorologist Scott McGuire in Reno stated these circumstances could be excessive.
“It’s positively fairly, fairly loopy and intense winds, and snow in every single place, and it’s very harmful. I imply, folks can get disoriented in a short time; the snow piles up quickly, and then you definitely add within the chilly temperatures on prime of it,” McGuire stated.
The previous Olympic website, Palisades Tahoe, noticed the sixth-largest snowfall whole in a 24-hour interval on document.
Snow is an financial driver within the area. A variety of ski resorts already opened early this season, but it surely’s too quickly to inform how the remainder of winter would possibly go.