Latest Blizzards News

Storm dumps over 4 feet of snow in Colorado, leaving thousands without power

Mar. 15, 2024 13:21 PM EDT

DENVER (AP) — A major storm dumped over 4 feet (1 meter) of snow in northern Colorado before ending Friday, leaving thousands without power and continuing to make travel hazardous in the mountains and foothills west of Denver. The storm shut down a highway that connects Denver to...

Colorado snowstorm closes highways and schools for a second day

Mar. 15, 2024 00:06 AM EDT

DENVER (AP) — Thousands in Colorado were without power as authorities closed highways and schools during a winter storm that pummeled the Denver area and threatened to drop another half foot there overnight into Friday. The storm comes as other parts of the country face severe...

California ski resort workers tunnel their way into the office after getting 10 feet of snow

Mar. 04, 2024 19:56 PM EST

RENO, Nevada (AP) — Going to the office has been no small feat for Jon Slaughter's marketing team at Sugar Bowl, requiring the employees to dig down several feet and then tunnel through to the front door after a powerful blizzard dumped more than 10 feet (3 meters) of snow on the Northern...

Key Northern California highway closed as snow continues to fall in the blizzard-hit Sierra Nevada

Mar. 03, 2024 20:29 PM EST

TRUCKEE, Calif. (AP) — A major highway was closed and ski resorts were shut down Sunday as the effects of a powerful blizzard continued to cause problems across the Sierra Nevada, and forecasters warned that more heavy snow was on the way for Northern California. Sections of...

A massive blizzard howls in the Sierra Nevada. High winds and heavy snow close roads and ski resorts

Mar. 02, 2024 22:03 PM EST

TRUCKEE, Calif. (AP) — A powerful blizzard that a meteorologist termed “as bad as it gets” howled in the Sierra Nevada mountains, closing a long stretch of Interstate 80 in Northern California, forcing ski resorts to shut down, and leaving thousands of homes without power. More...

Stretch of I-80 shut down as monster blizzard dumps snow on mountains in California and Nevada

Mar. 01, 2024 22:18 PM EST

RENO, Nev. (AP) — California authorities shut down 100 miles of Interstate 80 on Friday as the biggest snow storm of the season bore down on the Sierra Nevada, where residents were urged to take shelter and stay off roads as they prepared for up to 10 feet of snow in some areas and damaging...

Blizzard warning, avalanche watch as storm packing up to 10 feet of snow moves into Sierra Nevada

Feb. 29, 2024 22:29 PM EST

RENO, Nev. (AP) — The most powerful Pacific storm of the season started barreling into the Sierra Nevada on Thursday, packing multiple feet of snow and dangerous winds that forecasters say will create blizzard conditions likely to close major highways and trigger power outages into the weekend. ...

Blizzard conditions bear down on central US, closing schools and highways

Jan. 08, 2024 21:07 PM EST

OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — A “highly impactful” winter storm delivered a punch to the country's midsection on Monday, with blizzard conditions dumping as much as a foot or more of snow and shutting down schools and highways in several Midwest states. Through Tuesday, snow as deep as 8...

Ice storms and blizzards pummel the central US a day after Christmas

Dec. 26, 2023 19:16 PM EST

MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — From an ice storm in North Dakota that sealed windows shut to blizzard conditions in Colorado causing hundreds of airport delays and cancellations, a winter storm pummeled much of the central United States on Tuesday, the day after Christmas. “The heavy snow...

Beijing sees most hours of sub-freezing temperatures in December since 1951

Dec. 25, 2023 02:52 AM EST

BEIJING (AP) — Beijing recorded the most hours of sub-freezing temperatures in December in more than seven decades as a cold wave has enveloped northern and central swathes of China, bringing snowstorms and record-breaking temperatures. A weather observatory in the Chinese capital...