First Alert Weather: I-80 reopens but more Sierra snow is expected
The Blizzard Warning was extended through midnight Sunday and a Winter Storm Warning continues through Wednesday morning as several feet of additional snow is expected.
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The Blizzard Warning was extended through midnight Sunday and a Winter Storm Warning continues through Wednesday morning as several feet of additional snow is expected.
A blizzard that brought this season's biggest snowfall to California's Sierra Nevada eased slightly on Sunday, but more unstable weather was expected.
There was a standstill on Highway 50 Sunday morning after a snow slide trapped several vehicles near Echo Summit.
Interstate 80, through the Sierra Mountains, remained shut down for the third consecutive day Sunday, as the winter storm blankets the region with heavy snowfall.
Some downtown Truckee businesses never opened while some closed early because of the snow.
A powerful blizzard is dumping snow in the Sierra Nevada as gusty winds and heavy rain hit lower elevations.
The Sierra high country could see up to 12 feet of snow in total after this weekend's storm. Submit your photos here: https://www.cbsnews.com/sacramento/send-photos-video-news-tips/
A severe winter storm has begun bringing copious amounts of snow to California's Sierra Nevada this week. Extremely dangerous mountain travel is expected, with long stretches of roadway becoming impassible with blizzard conditions.
With voting underway for the primary election, county election offices in the Northern California Sierra Nevada and Foothills are taking emergency precautions leading up to the forecast blizzard conditions.
A water resources engineer said Northern California's snowpack is nearly 80% of average to date and 74% of where we need to be by April 1, typically when we peak.
CBS13's Ashley Sharp is up at Kirkwood Ski Resort to get a look at how conditions are starting to deteriorate as a major storm moves into the high country on Thursday.
Extreme winter weather conditions are coming in the Sierra this week, and those who live in the mountains are hunkering down before a big dump of snow.
Experts are stressing deep snow safety and precaution ahead of an intense winter storm that could be one of the strongest and coldest of the season in the Sierra.
A slow moving storm is bringing a lot of fresh snow to the region on Tuesday.
Blizzard-like conditions are expected at times with this latest round of wet weather.
Heavy snowfall was hitting the Sierra Nevada and the Lake Tahoe area Monday, the latest in a series of winter storms moving through the region.
The rain is turning to snow at around the 5500' level Monday morning.
Snowfall and slick roads were impacting drivers across the Sierra on Wednesday. Here is where chain controls are in effect.
Multiple crashes and a large diesel fuel spill forced an extended closure of westbound Interstate 80 in the Sierra on Tuesday that has since been lifted.
Snow continued to fall in the Sierra throughout Monday, adding to the 21 inches of snow already reported in Soda Springs by the UC Berkeley Central Sierra Snow Lab during the morning.
The high country is seeing a fresh dumping of snow on Monday.
High country residents and visitors are still dealing with lingering impacts in this in-between time before another atmospheric river.
Fresh powder is coating the Sierra on Thursday.
Monday night was quiet across the Sierra and Sacramento Valley after snow and rain slammed each Monday morning and overnight Sunday, a quick storm that was mostly over by late afternoon.
Expect chain controls on Sierra roadways through Monday.
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