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Communities across the region were digging out after snow reached up to roof lines in some towns
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Your support makes all the difference.Snow continued to fall across parts of California and Nevada on Tuesday after a blizzard dumped up to 10ft of snow, shutting down major highways for three days and trapping people in their homes.
Isolated, light snow showers would continue across the Sierra Nevada until Thursday morning, the National Weather Service reported, but drier and warmer conditions were expected by the end of the week.
Communities across the region were digging out after snow reached up to roof lines in some towns, and trapped people inside. More than 7,500 customers remained without power in some California counties, according to utility tracker poweroutage.us.
Localized, heavy rainfall is expected on Tuesday for northern California with downpours moving into southern California on Wednesday. Due a recent glut of atmospheric rivers hitting the state, there will be the threat of isolated flash flooding, NWS reported.
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West coast weather forecast: The latest
One more day of heavy snow in the mountains and at higher elevations is forecast in the West on Tuesday, the National Weather Service reported.
An influx of moisture from Pacific was targeting northern California and the southern Pacific Northwest into the northern Great Basin and Rockies.
Several more inches of snow are forecast from the southern Cascades and northern Sierra east to the Tetons in Wyoming. A cold front has also brought snow to lower elevations from southern Oregon to western Idaho.
In northern and central California, snowfall will taper off on Wednesday. However, localized, heavy rainfall is expected on Tuesday for northern California with downpours expected in southern California on Wednesday.
Due a recent glut of atmospheric rivers hitting the state, there will be the threat of isolated flash flooding, NWS reported.
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Lake Tahoe blanketed in six feet of snow as residents dig their way out of homes
Roads have been shut and people left without power following an intense blizzard across parts of northern California. Highways and ski resorts were forced to close on Sunday (3 March) after six feet of snow fell in Lake Tahoe. Communities across the region were beginning to dig out from the snowdrifts which had reached the roofs of some homes, and trapped people indoors. More snow is forecast today (4 March), along with scattered thunderstorms, the National Weather Service office in Sacramento said.
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California’s water from the snowpack is at 104 per cent of its normal level, after starting the year at 28 per cent, the UC Berkeley Sierra Snow Lab reported on Monday.
“We’re also at 94% of our April 1st normal and should get be able to get to 100%,” the research facility posted on X.
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“While we don’t know for sure, this avalanche likely failed on older persistent weak layers in the snowpack,” the organization said, adding that many other areas are dealing with the same problem. (Associated Press)
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