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Blizzard Rips Sierra Nevada I 80 Closes Travel and Power Grid
A severe blizzard described as life threatening by NWS meteorologists battered the Sierra Nevada, shutting long stretches of Interstate 80 from the California-Nevada border to Emigrant Gap, knocking out power to tens of thousands and forcing ski areas to close. Avalanche danger rose in the central Sierra and Lake Tahoe region as winds exceed 100 mph and snow totals reach 5 to 12 feet at high elevations.
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Truckee
Calif
Sierra Nevada Mountains
California
National Weather Service
William Churchill
Lake Tahoe
Dubravka Tomasin
Kyle Frankland
Frankland
Churchill
Sierra Nevada
Nevada
Utah
Colorado
Thomas
Petkanas
Alibi Ale
Incline Village
Nev
Weather Service
Sierra
Reno
Sacramento
California-Nevada
Emigrant Gap
CalTrans
U.S. 395
Bishop
Owens Valley
Bridgeport
Mono Lake
Pacific Gas & Electric
NV Energy
Las Vegas
Madera
Andy Bollenbacher
Hanford
Associated Press