RENO, Nev. (AP) — Dangerous winds in the Sierra toppled a semi-trailer truck, downed power lines and closed a stretch of highway in Southern California ahead of a winter storm that's expected to bring up to 2 feet of snow to the top of the mountains around Lake Tahoe by mid-week.
U.S. Highway 6 was expected to remain closed for a few hours Monday afternoon due to downed power lines south of Yosemite National Park near Bishop, California where winds were gusting up to 58 mph.
There were no immediate reports of serious injuries after a tractor trailer flipped on U.S. Highway 395 near Pearsonville about 150 miles north of Los Angeles.
A wind gust of 94 mph was reported further north Monday morning at Mammoth Lakes Airport.
