Residents hunkered down, ski resorts closed up shop, and snowplows hustled to clear roads as an enormous snowstorm descended on the Sierra Nevada on Friday, including the Lake Tahoe area, with as much as 12 feet of snow expected at the highest elevations and winds gusting over 100 miles an hour. The Sierra Avalanche Center…
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News Photos of the Winter Snowstorm Moving Through the Northeast
A nor’easter disrupted daily life across the Northeast on Tuesday, upending school and work commutes, as rain turned to a slushy mix and then to snow in many regions. Some parts of New England were braced for more snow than they were likely to get as the storm rerouted itself. New York City was expecting…
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News Snowstorm in New York Could Shape Critical House Election
The race has been dominated by an international migrant crisis and attracted $15 million in outside spending. But the special House election to replace George Santos in New York on Tuesday may come down to the most local of problems: an ill-timed Election Day snowstorm. Forecasters were calling for a half foot or more of…
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News Lake-Effect Snowstorm Hits Northern and Western New York
Heavy snow was coating parts of Northern and Western New York by the Tuesday-morning commute as a lake-effect snowstorm continued to wallop the region, causing hazardous travel conditions and shutting down schools. The storm was holding steady, with snowfall rates over one inch per hour, which, combined with winds of about 35 miles per hour,…
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