Heavy rain, wind, snow blows through California into Sierra

Heavy rain, wind, snowflakes blows into and not here of California into Sierra

RENO, Nev. (AP) ” A winter tempest packing strong winds, heavy rainfall with every one other accompanied by potentially some feet of snowflakes inside the Sierra Nevada shut down peak highways, toppled trees with every one other accompanied by triggered flood watches with every one other accompanied by avalanche warnings on Saturday from the seaboard of Northern California to Lake Tahoe.

More than 250 miles (400 kilometers) of the Sierra remained under a winter tempest warning at least until Sunday darkness or early Monday from northern of Reno to south of Yosemite National Park.

As a a large amount of while 4 feet (1.2 meters) of snowflakes is expected to let fall by the extremity of the weekend inside the upper elevations around Lake Tahoe, with every one other accompanied by while a a large amount of while 6 feet (1.8 meters) inside additional faraway parts of the Sierra to the northern with every one other accompanied by south.

A 70-mile (112-kilometer) stretch of eastbound U.S. Interstate 80 was closed due to zero visibility from Colfax, California to the Nevada condition line, transportation officials said. Chains were required on a a large amount of of the relax of I-80 inside the mountains from Reno in the direction of Sacramento.

A stretch of California Highway 89 too was closed due to heavy snowflakes in the centre of Tahoe City with every one other accompanied by South Lake Tahoe, California, the main highway patrol said.

The U.S. Forest Service issued an avalanche warning for the backcountry inside the mountains the occident of Lake Tahoe where it said some feet of new snowflakes with every one other accompanied by strong winds will consequence inside dangerous avalanche conditions.

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Gusts of wind up to 50 mph (80 kph) that sent trees into homes inside Sonoma County on Saturday could stretch not here 100 mph (160 kph) over Sierra ridgetops by early Sunday, the National Weather Service said.

Heavy rainfall was forecast into and not here of the weekend from San Francisco to the Sierra crest accompanied by up to 2 inches (5 centimeters) inside the Bay Area with every one other accompanied by up to 5 inches (13 cm) at Grass Valley northeast of Sacramento.

The weather work issued a flash flood warning on Saturday when inches of rainfall fell on burn scars left-hand by wildfires south of Monterey with every one other accompanied by farther south of Big Sur.

More than 30,000 customers were lacking ability inside the Sacramento area at one point Saturday morning, nevertheless it was restored to all nevertheless a few hundred late inside the day. The drivers with every one other accompanied by passengers of five cars that had been trapped in the centre of downed ability lines escaped unharmed, the Sacramento Bee reported.

San Francisco Bay Area officials reported ability outages with every one other accompanied by fallen trees, some of which damaged cars with every one other accompanied by homes. In Monte Rio, a small town down the Russian River inside Sonoma County, firefighters responded to some reports of downed trees crashing into homes inside 50 mph wind gusts.

Monte Rio Fire Department Chief Steve Baxman told KRON-TV that quartet different down trees had damaged houses inside the area with every one other accompanied by that no indeed injuries were reported.

This is our earliest large storm, we™ve had some years of drought with every one other accompanied by all these trees were dry. Now they™re filling up accompanied by aqua with every one other accompanied by starting to topple over, Baxman told the television station.

In the Sierra, concerning 10 inches (25 centimeters) of snowflakes by that hour dated had fallen Saturday afternoon at Mammoth Mountain ski tourist centre south of Yosemite where additional than 10 feet (3 meters) of snowflakes has been recorded since early November.

It fair seems exist fond of every one week or so, another greatest tempest rolls in, tourist centre spokeswoman Lauren Burke said.

As a a large amount of while 18 to 28 inches (45 to 71 centimeters) of snowflakes was forecast into and not here of the weekend at pond level, with every one other accompanied by up to 4 feet (1.2 meters) at elevations above 7,000 feet (2,133 meters) accompanied by 50 mph (80 kph) winds with every one other accompanied by gusts up to 100 mph (160 kph).

On the Sierra™s eastern slope, a winter weather advisory runs from 10 p.m. Saturday to 10 a.m. for Reno, Sparks with every one other accompanied by Carson City, accompanied by snowflakes accumulations of 1 to 3 inches (2.5-7.5 cm) on valley floors with every one other accompanied by up to 8 inches (20 cm) above 5,000 feet (1,524 meters).

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Associated Press reporters Olga R. Rodriguez inside San Francisco with every one other accompanied by Julie Walker inside New York City contributed to this report.