Four people reported missing after an avalanche hit a ski resort in Nevada have been found safe, according to police.
The quartet were listed as missing after the same severe storm system moving through California caused an avalanche in the southwestern Nevada resort, according to Las Vegas police.
The avalanche occurred at the Lee Canyon ski resort, which is less than 50 miles from Las Vegas.
Search and rescue personnel from the Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department were dispatched to the scene. The department said in X that they were “trying to locate several people reported missing.”
“Everyone has been located and is safe,” the department tweeted an hour later. “We are currently helping people who are off the mountain.”
The National Weather Service in Las Vegas warned people of a fierce winter storm that would hit the region starting Sunday and lasting through Tuesday. The storm is part of the same band of atmospheric moisture that hangs over Southern California. Three people have died from falling trees as the storm hits California.
Forecasters in Nevada told travelers to expect between one and three feet of snow above 6,000 feet and wind gusts of up to 55 miles per hour.
“The storm is moving into southern Nevada right now. We don't get a lot of rain here, but we get a lot of snow in the mountains,” said Andrew Gorelow, a meteorologist with the National Weather Service in Las Vegas.
