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Some California mountain residents could be snowed in for another week : NPR
Snow is piled up on a home in Running Springs, Calif., on Feb. 28, 2023. Mountainous areas of California experienced nearly unprecedented snowfall accumulations — more than 40 feet since the start of the season. Jae C. Hong/AP hide caption toggle caption Jae C. Hong/AP Snow is piled up on a home in Running Springs, Calif., on Feb. 28, 2023. Mountainous areas of California experienced nearly unprecedented snowfall accumulations — more than 40 feet since the start of the season. Jae C. Hong/AP LOS ANGELES — Some residents stranded in Southern California mountain communities by a huge snowfall could be stuck for another week, an official said Friday. A late-February…
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Some California mountain residents could be snowed in a week
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Some residents stranded in Southern California mountain communities by a huge snowfall could be stuck for another week, an official said Friday. A late-February blast of arctic air produced a rare blizzard east of Los Angeles in the San Bernardino Mountains, where thousands of people live at high elevations in forest communities or visit for year-round recreation. Extraordinary snowfall buried homes and businesses, overwhelming the capability of snowplowing equipment geared toward ordinary storms. By last weekend, all highways leading up into the mountains were closed and have opened intermittently since then to residents and convoys of trucks loaded with food or other supplies. The estimate by…