California blizzard shuts down roads and ski resorts as heavy snow and winds continue: Live updates

Palisades Tahoe, the biggest resort on the north finish of the lake and website of the 1960 Winter Olympics, was amongst a number of ski mountains that closed most or all chairlifts for a second straight day Sunday due to snow, wind and low visibility.

Palisades reported a three-day snow whole of 6 toes with extra falling.

“We will probably be digging out for the foreseeable future,” officers mentioned on the resort’s weblog.

Officers say crews are having issue clearing roads after many blowers and plows have damaged down because of the extreme circumstances.

“We’ve been right down to 2 of 10 blowers at our central hub in Kingvale and 6 out of 20 from Auburn to the Nevada state line. 80 stays CLOSED with no ETO,” Caltrans District 3 tweeted Sunday

Officers launched some 72-hour snowfall totals for Central California.

One other 1-2 ft is anticipated right this moment in elevations above 4000 toes. The higher foothills might even see 1-4 inches right this moment.

A brand new storm is approaching the west coast after a blizzard slammed Sierra Nevada, Donner Cross, Truckee and Lake Tahoe over the previous 36 hours, meteorologist Jason D Farhang wrote on Twitter.

“The forthcoming climate system is relatively milder, with a reasonable chilly entrance regularly forming inside the subsequent 12 to 24 hours. Extra data concerning this method will quickly be made accessible, revealing the emergence of a promising reasonable floor chilly entrance that may sweep by means of the area on Wednesday. Rainfall quantities from 0.45in to 1.2in is suitable with the brand new system.”

Video exhibits vehicles being pulled out after being trapped in a snow sluff simply east of Echo Summit.

The freeway was closed for a short while this morning. There have been no accidents and crews labored rapidly to reopen the roadway.

A Blizzard Warning stays in impact till midnight for elevations over 6500 toes, the NWS mentioned.

A Winter Storm Warning is now in impact for elevations above 3000 ft, with one other 1-2 ft of snow anticipated above 4000 ft.  Extra snow is anticipated Monday and Tuesday.

Greater than 100 miles of I-80 remained closed Sunday from the Nevada border to Colfax, California.

There may be “no estimated time of reopening the freeway,” the California Freeway Patrol mentioned.

On Friday, because the storm arrived, tons of of motorists had been trapped of their automobiles for hours.

Video taken by a neighborhood resident and posted on-line exhibits huge snow drifts at Lake Tahoe as a blizzard continues to slam Central California.

Nationwide Climate Service meteorologist William Churchill warned of “life-threatening concern” for residents close to Lake Tahoe in a social media put up on Sunday.

“Reasonable to heavy snow has continued in a single day throughout the northern Sierra Nevada,” the Nationwide Climate Service in Sacramento wrote. “Wind gusts … are persevering with to lead to blizzard circumstances.”