Blizzard Closes Roads, Ski Resorts in Sierra Nevadas
TRUCKEE, California - A powerful blizzard that a meteorologist termed 'as bad as it gets' howled in the Sierra Nevada mountains, closing a long stretch of Interstate 80 in Northern California, forcing ski resorts to shut down, and leaving thousands of homes without power.
More than 3 meters of snow was expected at higher elevations, National Weather Service meteorologist William Churchill said Saturday, creating