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☆ California blizzard: Powerful California blizzard shuts down roads and ski resorts as heavy snow and winds slam mountains
  + stars: | 2024-03-03 | by ( Susannah Cullinane | Sara Smart | Cindy Von Quednow | ) edition.cnn.com   time to read: +5 min
CNN —Blizzard conditions continued to slam Northern California over the weekend with damaging winds and heavy snow dumping on mountain ridges down to the valleys. The most extreme conditions are unfolding at the highest elevations in the mountains, with whiteout conditions and hurricane-force winds. The weather service has warned of “high to extreme” avalanche danger through Sunday afternoon in the Central Sierra and Greater Lake Tahoe area. “Expect snowy conditions throughout the park,” park officials said. A blizzard warning remains in effect for the park area until 7 p.m. on Sunday, according to the National Weather Service in Hanford, California.
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☆ Massive snowstorm closes schools, grounds flights in U.S. heartland
  + stars: | 2023-02-22 | by ( Brendan O'Brien | ) www.reuters.com   time to read: +3 min
The storm hit California on Tuesday and was expected to continue through the end of the week. In Central California, the weather iced over roadways, the weather service reported. More than 100,000 homes and businesses were without power, largely in Central California, according to the tracking site Poweroutage.us. Among the hardest-hit cities was Minneapolis, where some 20 inches (50 cm) of snow and 45-mph (72-kph) winds were expected to create whiteouts. The storm wreaked havoc on morning air travel as hundreds of flights were delayed or canceled across the nation.
☆ Deadly blizzard that killed 57 people still wreaking havoc across U.S.
  + stars: | 2022-12-27 | by ( Mithil Aggarwal | ) www.nbcnews.com   time to read: +3 min
The deadly blizzard that has killed at least 57 people across the United States was still producing "extremely heavy snow" on Tuesday, the National Weather Service said. ET bulletin, adding that parts of storm-weary New York were experiencing snowfall of 1 to 2 inches per hour. "The snow will accumulate so rapidly that it will be extremely difficult for the road crews to keep the roads clear," the weather service said later in the morning. “Lingering lake-effect snows downwind from Great Lakes will become less intense and fade on Tuesday,” the weather service said in its 2:59 a.m. A tweet from the NWS though warning of flooding from the melting snow as temperatures rise.
☆ Winter Weather Updates: Bone-Chilling Cold to Grip Central and Eastern U.S.
  + stars: | 2022-12-22 | by ( Livia Albeck-Ripka | Amanda Holpuch | Judson Jones | ) www.nytimes.com   time to read: +10 min
A blast of Arctic air will also plunge much of the country into bitter and, in some cases, dangerous cold, forecasters say. In some parts of this area, the wind chill could reach as low as minus 70 degrees, according to the Weather Service. Brief bursts of moderate to heavy snow lasting an hour or two are likely to occur immediately behind the Arctic front. Strong southerly winds, combined with the new moon-tide cycle, could also bring coastal flooding from northern New Jersey to northeast Massachusetts, the Weather Service said. Meteorologists warned local residents that this is not a normal lake effect event with a narrow band of heavy snow.
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