{"id":524972,"date":"2022-12-11T07:40:30","date_gmt":"2022-12-11T04:40:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/heavy-rain-wind-snow-blows-through-california-into-sierra\/"},"modified":"2022-12-11T07:40:30","modified_gmt":"2022-12-11T04:40:30","slug":"heavy-rain-wind-snow-blows-through-california-into-sierra","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/heavy-rain-wind-snow-blows-through-california-into-sierra\/","title":{"rendered":"#Heavy rain, wind, snow blows through California into Sierra"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_84 counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-custom ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\" style=\"cursor:inherit\">Table of Contents<\/p>\n<label for=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a23d56ad1943\" class=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-label\"><span class=\"\"><span class=\"eztoc-hide\" style=\"display:none;\">Toggle<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-icon-toggle-span\"><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" class=\"list-377408\" width=\"20px\" height=\"20px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\"><path d=\"M6 6H4v2h2V6zm14 0H8v2h12V6zM4 11h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2zM4 16h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2z\" fill=\"currentColor\"><\/path><\/svg><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" class=\"arrow-unsorted-368013\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"10px\" height=\"10px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" version=\"1.2\" baseProfile=\"tiny\"><path d=\"M18.2 9.3l-6.2-6.3-6.2 6.3c-.2.2-.3.4-.3.7s.1.5.3.7c.2.2.4.3.7.3h11c.3 0 .5-.1.7-.3.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7zM5.8 14.7l6.2 6.3 6.2-6.3c.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7c-.2-.2-.4-.3-.7-.3h-11c-.3 0-.5.1-.7.3-.2.2-.3.5-.3.7s.1.5.3.7z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/span><\/label><input type=\"checkbox\"  id=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a23d56ad1943\" checked aria-label=\"Toggle\" \/><nav><ul class='ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1 ' ><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-1'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/heavy-rain-wind-snow-blows-through-california-into-sierra\/#%E2%80%9CHeavy_rain_wind_snow_blows_through_California_into_Sierra%E2%80%9D\" >&#8220;Heavy rain, wind, snow blows through California into Sierra&#8221;<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<h1><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"%E2%80%9CHeavy_rain_wind_snow_blows_through_California_into_Sierra%E2%80%9D\"><\/span>&#8220;Heavy rain, wind, snow blows through California into Sierra&#8221;<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h1>\n<div>\n<aside class=\"single__inline-module alignleft\">\n        <\/aside>\n<p>A winter storm packing powerful winds, heavy rain and potentially several feet of snow in the Sierra Nevada shut down mountain highways, toppled trees and triggered flood watches and avalanche warnings on Saturday from the coast of Northern California to Lake Tahoe.<\/p>\n<p>More than 250 miles of the Sierra remained under a winter storm warning at least until Sunday night or early Monday from north of Reno to south of Yosemite National Park.<\/p>\n<p>As much as 4 feet of snow is expected to fall by the end of the weekend in the upper elevations around Lake Tahoe, and as much as 6 feet in more remote parts of the Sierra to the north and south.<\/p>\n<p>A 70-mile stretch of eastbound U.S. Interstate 80 was closed \u201cdue to zero visibility\u201d from Colfax, California to the Nevada state line, transportation officials said. Chains were required on much of the rest of I-80 in the mountains from Reno toward Sacramento.<\/p>\n<p>A stretch of California Highway 89 also was closed due to heavy snow between Tahoe City and South Lake Tahoe, California, the highway patrol said.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"682\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/12\/ca-siarra-snow-storm-1.jpg?w=1024\" alt=\"Snow conditions on California Interstate 5 Sims Road in Shasta-Trinity National Forest, near Castella, California, on Dec. 10, 2022.\" class=\"wp-image-24972665\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/12\/ca-siarra-snow-storm-1.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1535 1536w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/12\/ca-siarra-snow-storm-1.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all 1024w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/12\/ca-siarra-snow-storm-1.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=512 512w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\"\/><figcaption>The U.S. Forest Service issued an avalanche warning for the backcountry in the mountains west of Lake Tahoe.<\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">AP<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The U.S. Forest Service issued an avalanche warning for the backcountry in the mountains west of Lake Tahoe where it said \u201cseveral feet of new snow and strong winds will result in dangerous avalanche conditions.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Gusts of wind up to 50 mph that sent trees into homes in Sonoma County on Saturday could reach 100 mph over Sierra ridgetops by early Sunday, the National Weather Service said.<\/p>\n<p>Heavy rain was forecast through the weekend from San Francisco to the Sierra crest with up to 2 inches in the Bay Area and up to 5 inches at Grass Valley northeast of Sacramento.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"682\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/12\/ca-siarra-snow-storm-3.jpg?w=1024\" alt=\"A pair of trucks make their way through the snowy conditions along Interstate 80 at Donner Summit, California on Dec. 1, 2022.\" class=\"wp-image-24972664\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/12\/ca-siarra-snow-storm-3.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1535 1536w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/12\/ca-siarra-snow-storm-3.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all 1024w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/12\/ca-siarra-snow-storm-3.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=512 512w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\"\/><figcaption>A 70-mile stretch of eastbound U.S. Interstate 80 was closed \u201cdue to zero visibility.\u201d<\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">AP<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The weather service issued a flash flood warning on Saturday when inches of rain fell on burn scars left by wildfires south of Monterey and farther south of Big Sur.<\/p>\n<p>More than 30,000 customers were without power in the Sacramento area at one point Saturday morning, but it was restored to all but a few hundred late in the day. The drivers and passengers of five cars that had been tr<a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/download-scripts-themes-apps\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"9\" title=\"Download Scripts &amp; Themes &amp; Apps\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">app<\/a>ed between downed power lines escaped unharmed,\u00a0<a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.sacbee.com\/news\/weather-news\/article269849957.html#featured-carousel-1\">the Sacramento Bee reported.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>San Francisco Bay Area officials reported power outages and fallen trees, some of which damaged cars and homes. In Monte Rio, a small town along the Russian River in Sonoma County, firefighters responded to several reports of downed trees crashing into homes in 50 mph wind gusts.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"682\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/12\/ca-siarra-snow-storm-4.jpg?w=1024\" alt=\"Traffic moves slowly through the snowy conditions along Interstate 80 near Truckee, California on Dec. 1, 2022.\" class=\"wp-image-24972663\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/12\/ca-siarra-snow-storm-4.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1535 1536w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/12\/ca-siarra-snow-storm-4.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all 1024w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/12\/ca-siarra-snow-storm-4.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=512 512w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\"\/><figcaption>As much as four feet of snow is expected to fall by the end of the weekend in the upper elevations around Lake Tahoe.<\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">AP<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Monte Rio Fire Department Chief Steve Baxman told\u00a0<a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.kron4.com\/news\/four-trees-crash-into-homes-in-sonoma-county\/\">KRON-TV<\/a>\u00a0that four different down trees had damaged houses in the area and that no injuries were reported.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis is our first big storm, we\u2019ve had several years of drought and all these trees were dry. Now they\u2019re filling up with water and starting to topple over,\u201d Baxman told the television station.<\/p>\n<p>In the Sierra, about 10 inches of snow already had fallen Saturday afternoon at Mammoth Mountain ski resort south of Yosemite where more than 10 feet of snow has been recorded since early November.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt just seems like every week or so, another major storm rolls in,\u201d resort spokeswoman Lauren Burke said.<\/p>\n<p>As much as 18 to 28 inches of snow was forecast through the weekend at lake level, and up to 4 feet at elevations above 7,000 feet with 50 mph winds and gusts up to 100 mph.<\/p>\n<p>On the Sierra\u2019s eastern slope, a winter weather advisory runs from 10 p.m. Saturday to 10 a.m. for Reno, Sparks and Carson City, with snow accumulations of 1 to 3 inches on valley floors and up to 8 inches above 5,000 feet.\n                        <\/p><\/div>\n<blockquote><p><strong><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">If you liked the article, do not forget to share it with your friends. 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