California authorities closed 100 miles of Interstate 80 on Friday as the season's biggest snowstorm hit the Sierra Nevada, where residents were urged to seek shelter and stay off the roads as they braced for up to 10 feet of snow. snow in some areas and damaging winds.
“AAAANNDD WE ARE CLOSED!!” The California Highway Patrol posted on X, formerly known as Twitter, saying the closure was due to “spins, high winds and low visibility.” “There is no estimated time to reopen the highway.”
Authorities closed the interstate in both directions after 5 p.m. on a day when most of the more than a dozen ski resorts around Lake Tahoe were closed, a tornado touched down in central California and visitors of Yosemite National Park were forced to leave the place. The 100-mile closure is located at the state line, just west of Reno, near Emigrant Gap, California.
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Luis Apolinar tries to dig out his vehicle as snow falls in Truckee, California.
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A person walks through falling snow near Truckee, California.
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Michael Murray uses a snowplow during a heavy snowfall in Truckee, California.
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Palisades Tahoe
The Palisades Tahoe resort in California recorded a total snowfall of 41 inches in two days due to the snowstorm that hit the Sierra on Saturday.
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An employee at Alpine, part of the Palisades Tahoe resort, clears snow. The complex remains closed due to the snow storm.
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Mammoth Lakes
Mammoth Mountain has received 2 feet of new snow from the latest storm.
(Samantha Lindberg/Mammoth Lakes Tourism)
