This image from a Caltrans traffic video camera reveals snow conditions on California SR-89 Snowman in Shasta-Trinity National Forest, Calif., Saturday, Dec. 10,2022 A stretch of California Highway 89 was closed due to heavy snow in between Tahoe City and South Lake Tahoe, Cali., the highway patrol stated. Interstate 80 in between Reno and Sacramento stayed open however chains were needed on tires for a lot of lorries. (Caltrans through AP) Uncredited RENO, Nev. (AP)– A winter season storm packaging effective winds, heavy rain and possibly a number of feet of snow in the Sierra Nevada closed down mountain highways, fell trees and set off flood watches and avalanche cautions on Saturday from the coast of Northern California to Lake Tahoe. More than 250 miles (400 kilometers) of the Sierra stayed under a winter season storm caution a minimum of till Sunday night or early Monday from north of Reno to south of Yosemite National Park. As much as 4 feet (1.2 meters) of snow is anticipated to fall by completion of the weekend in the upper elevations around Lake Tahoe, and as much as 6 feet (1.8 meters) in more remote parts of the Sierra to the north and south. A 70- mile (112- kilometer) stretch of eastbound U.S. Interstate 80 was closed “due to absolutely no presence” from Colfax, California to the Nevada state line, transport authorities stated. Chains were needed on much of the rest of I-80 in the mountains from Reno towards Sacramento. A stretch of California Highway 89 likewise was closed due to heavy snow in between Tahoe City and South Lake Tahoe, California, the highway patrol stated. Political Cartoons The U.S. Forest Service released an avalanche caution for the backcountry in the mountains west of Lake Tahoe where it stated “numerous feet of brand-new snow and strong winds will lead to harmful avalanche conditions.” Gusts of end up to 50 miles per hour (80 kph) that sent out trees into houses in Sonoma County on Saturday might reach 100 miles per hour (160 kph) over Sierra ridgetops by early Sunday, the National Weather Servic
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