RENO, Nev. (AP) — Another round of snow snarled traffic with more than a dozen crashes on slippery roads in Reno and triggered chain controls on I-80 in the Sierra.
A gust of 209 mph was recorded atop a California peak, a potential record that wowed forecasters monitoring a cold storm moving south through the state.
The blast of wind was captured by an instrument on Kirkwood Mountain south of Lake Tahoe.
Chain restrictions remain in effect on Interstate 80 after a winter storm dumped more than 2 feet of snow on the top of some ski resorts around Lake Tahoe.
Chains were required Friday on all but four-wheel drive vehicles with snow tires on a 50-mile stretch of eastbound I-
A Sierra storm packing heavy snow and winds gusting up to 116 mph prompted an avalanche warning Thursday in the mountains above Lake Tahoe, halted interstate traffic and closed schools and state offices in Nevada.
The governor ordered the early closure of state offices in
The National Weather Service in Reno has issued a winter storm warning for the Lake Tahoe area, where as much as two feet of snow is possible on the Sierra crest by Thursday night.
Chains or snow tires are required on much of Interstate 80 in the Sierra and most highways around Lake Tahoe after a winter storm packing winds in excess of 130 mph blew through the region.
A winter weather advisory for the Reno-Tahoe area expired at 10 a.m. Tuesday.
The post-Thanksgiving travel rush is due to get even more hectic, as heavy snow and ice accumulation is expected to continue battering regions across the United States on Sunday.
RENO, Nev. (AP) — Nearly 2 feet of snow has fallen in the Sierra and more is in the forecast through the holiday but forecasters say the worst of the weather appears to have passed.
RENO, Nev. (AP) — A Sierra snowstorm temporarily shut down part of Interstate 80 north and west of Lake Tahoe on Tuesday and forecasters warned worse weather was on its way, including possible blizzard conditions.
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — A storm packing heavy snow and high winds that wreaked havoc as it whipped through Colorado, Wyoming and Nebraska marched into the upper Midwest on Wednesday as anxious Thanksgiving travelers buckled up and barreled headlong into a busy, if not perilous, holida
DENVER (AP) — A storm dumping heavy snow buried highways in Colorado and Wyoming Tuesday, prompted school closures in Nebraska and forced more than 1,000 people to sleep overnight in Denver's airport after hundreds of flights were canceled just as the busy Thanksgiving week trave
RENO, Nev. (AP) — Weather forecasters in northern Nevada are warning of possible blizzard conditions and near-zero visibility overnight in the Sierra Nevada due to blowing snow and gusty winds.
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 on Monday ahead of a winter storm expected to bring up to 2 feet of snow to mountain tops around Lake Tahoe.
Despite coming in September, the amount of snow that just fell over two days in Great Falls is second to only one other two-day total in the city, in any month.
The storm is bringing high winds, snow, rain and dangerous road conditions. Meteorologists and local officials are warning people across the West and Midwest to cancel travel plans.
RENO, Nev. (AP) — A winter storm warning that has been in effect for four days in the Sierra Nevada has finally expired and U.S. Interstate 80 has reopened but the relief from the winter weather will be short-lived.
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Forecasters say a storm stretching from California to Montana could as drop as much as 6 feet of snow on high elevations of the Sierra Nevada, a prediction that's down from an original forecast of 8 feet.
Nevada is forecast to have another winter storm after experiencing one over the weekend.
The storm over the holiday weekend brought 31 inches of snow to Lake Tahoe’s south shore, two inches at the airport in Reno and caused snowflakes to fall on the Las Vegas Strip.
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.
