SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — A long stretch of Interstate 80 that had been closed for two days due to blizzard conditions in California's Sierra Nevada has reopened as a fierce winter storm moves east.
Still, travel remained limited Tuesday to only vehicles with snow tires or chains between the California-Nevada line near Reno and Colfax, California, east of Sacramento.
The travel restrictions also remained in place for mountain passes around Lake Tahoe, where more than 3 feet (1 meter) of snow has fallen in the past 24 hours and a backcountry avalanche warning has been issued.
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City officials in South Lake Tahoe say snow was falling early Tuesday at a rate of 2 to 4 inches (2.5 to 10 centimeters) per hour.