California’s winter is officially one of the snowiest ever recorded, with the snowpack measured at 221% of normal on Monday by the California Department of Water Resources in its annual beginning of April survey.
California’s Mammoth Mountain ski resort officially broke the record for winter snowfall on Wednesday — by a whopping 27 inches, after two-and-a-half feet of snow fell on the Sierra Nevada in yet another storm.
The total snowpack this winter for California’s southern Sierra Nevada mountain range has hit 286% of normal — the highest since records began.
The prospect of summertime skiing is the result of massive snowfall across California over the last three months, defying predictions of a dry winter.
A rare ice sheet has formed on Emerald Bay, California, on Lake Tahoe, the first time it has been seen in over 30 years — and a sign of the cold weather in the Sierra Nevada in a season normally linked to the spring thaw.
Rain and snow continue to pound California in the season’s 11th “atmospheric river,” and are bringing water in such volumes that an old inland freshwater body, Tulare Lake, could be restored for the first time in 40 years.
A winter storm is slamming residents in the Northeast and New England, causing dangerous conditions.
Some residents of California’s mountain communities in San Bernardino County remain trapped in their homes by high walls of snow — 21 days after the blizzards began, and two weeks after Gov. Gavin Newsom (D) declared a state of emergency.
The New York Times covered the tragic deaths in California’s mountain communities during the recent blizzards — without mentioning once that Gov. Gavin Newsom (D) had left the state during the crisis.
California Governor Gavin Newsom belatedly asked President Joe Biden for a federal disaster declaration on Thursday — two weeks after the storm arrived and several days after the snow had already stopped falling.
The season’s heavy snowfall has begun crushing homes in the Lake Tahoe region, as a series of blizzards has continued to dump fresh snow, and a cycle of melting and refreezing has caused the snow to stick to rooftops.
The San Bernardino County Sheriff’s Department reported Wednesday that twelve people have been found dead after the recent blizzards in nearby mountains — with some of the deceased trapped within their homes.
Residents of California’s mountain communities were finally seeing some roads cleared on Monday, but voiced their frustration after spending more than ten days trapped in the snow — while Gov. Gavin Newsom was away.
Rep. Kevin Kiley (R-CA) noted Gavin Newsom’s prioritization of news media attention over governance amid a snowfall emergency in California.
California Gov. Gavin Newsom (D) reportedly left the state during the blizzard emergency for a personal trip to Baja California, according to a spokesperson quoted by San Francisco Chronicle’s Emily Hoevan.
California Gov. Gavin Newsom (D) returned to the state Sunday after an unexplained absence during a state of emergency, and later shared a photo of himself purporting to show him working during the day “today.”
California Gov. Gavin Newsom (D) returned to the state on Sunday after leaving the state Thursday for unspecified reasons and for an unknown destination, as thousands of residents remained trapped by snow.
California Gov. Gavin Newsom (D) has left the state on “personal travel” as thousands of desperate residents remain trapped in snow-bound mountain communities where the National Guard failed to arrive as promised.
A blanket of snow created a delightful scene for one woman and her playful horse in Bradford, New Hampshire.
California’s snowpack in the Sierra Nevada and its system of dams are looking healthy in the wake of several weeks of rain and snow that defied experts’ predictions and pulled half of the state out of drought this week.
Half of the State of California is officially free from drought, thanks to a winter that has defied predictions and brought weeks of rain and snow to a state that had endured extremely dry conditions for the past three years.
An avalanche in Olympic Valley, California, northwest of Lake Tahoe, buried the bottom two stories of a three-story apartment building on Wednesday, requiring an evacuation of the building’s residents, who left safely.
California Gov. Gavin Newsom (D) declared a state of emergency for 13 counties in the state on Wednesday — a week after the most recent blizzards began, and after some residents have been trapped by snow for days.
Snow fell over Hollywood shortly after midday on Wednesday, with flurries on Mt. Hollywood in Griffith Park.
Yosemite National Park in California has been closed indefinitely because of record snowfall that makes travel difficult and dangerous, both to and within the park, according to the park and the U.S. National Park Service.
Thousands of residents remain trapped in their communities — and even their homes — in the San Bernardino mountains near Los Angeles, as snow continued to fall on the region into early Wednesday morning.
Los Angeles may experience its coldest weather in 18 years if Wednesday’s temperatures remain, as predicted, below 60 degrees, completing an eight-day streak that has not been seen in the city since the winter of 2005.
Fear is setting in around several towns in the San Bernardino Mountains near Los Angeles as snow continues to fall, blocking key roads, trapping residents in their homes, and preventing children from returning to the city.
Another blizzard is set to hit California’s interior Sierra Nevada mountain range, just days after a similar storm brought rain and snow to the entire state, from the northern coast to the foothills of Southern California.
Snow fell on higher elevations in the city and county of Los Angeles on Saturday, bringing joy to many residents — and frustration to many drivers, who struggled in the hazardous conditions.
Snow reached upper elevations in Los Angeles and near San Francisco during a winter storm on Thursday, with hail observed at sea level, as “blizzard” warnings were issued for Los Angeles County for only the second time.
The National Weather Service issued a “blizzard warning” for Los Angeles County for only the second time in history on Wednesday as heavy snow began falling on mountains throughout the area in a large winter storm.
A major winter storm is forecast to impact millions of Americans beginning on Tuesday.
The snowpack in the Sierra Nevada mountains in California is at the highest level since 1995, thanks to a series of “atmospheric river” storms at the new year, and another this week, holding hopes for ending the drought.
A Michigan woman has been making waves on social media with her great white snow shark sculptures.
Recent winter storms have brought rain and flooding to California — but have also provided a generous boon to ski resorts, some of which boast impressive snow totals in excess of 300 inches, with the winter just starting.
A motorist stranded during the blizzard in New York is being praised for his heroic efforts to make sure others were safe.
The blizzard that hit the northeast over the weekend also took the life of a 22-year-old woman in Buffalo, New York.
President Joe Biden plans to leave for a vacation in the Virgin Islands on Tuesday after the United States was blasted with record-cold temperatures and severe winter weather.
A potential bomb cyclone that could soon hit the Midwest and disrupt travel has prompted some airlines to offer waivers before approaching cities including Chicago.
