Photos: 'Life-threatening' blizzard howls in California

Blowing snow was creating 'extremely dangerous to impossible' driving conditions

Published: March 03, 2024 07:07 Compiled by Christian Borbon, Senior Web Editor

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Truckee, Calif. : A powerful blizzard that a meteorologist termed “as bad as it gets” howled in the Sierra Nevada mountains. Image Credit: AFP

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More than 10 feet (3 meters) of snow was expected at higher elevations, National Weather Service meteorologist William Churchill said Saturday, creating a “life-threatening concern” for residents near Lake Tahoe and blocking travel on the key east-west freeway. Image Credit: AFP

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Earlier, the weather service warned that blowing snow was creating “extremely dangerous to impossible" driving conditions, with wind gusts in the high mountains at more than 100 mph (160 kph). Image Credit: AFP

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A customer pushes their grocery cart through the snow to their car as a blizzard hits Mammoth Lakes, California. Image Credit: AFP

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Snow falls north of Lake Tahoe in the Sierra Nevada mountains during a powerful winter storm. Image Credit: AFP

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A pedestrian crosses train tracks as snow falls north of Lake Tahoe in the Sierra Nevada mountains during a powerful winter storm. Image Credit: AFP

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A man removes snow as a blizzard hits Mammoth Lakes, California. Image Credit: AFP

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A truck is left buried as a blizzard hits Mammoth Lakes, California. Image Credit: AFP

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Vehicles drive on I-80 as snow falls north of Lake Tahoe in the Sierra Nevada mountains during a powerful winter storm in Truckee, California. Image Credit: AFP

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A person walks through the winds as a blizzard hits Mammoth Lakes, California. Image Credit: AFP

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