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.
Dozens of mourners left teddy bears and held a candlelight vigil for three boys who died after falling into an ice-covered lake in England.
Three young boys who fell through ice covering a lake in central England have died and a fourth remains hospitalized.
California’s drought continues, with the state’s snowpack only at 35% of the historical average, despite heavy snows in the Sierra Nevada that doubled the entire snowfall for the first quarter of the year.
A storm in the pacific northwest dumped wet, heavy snow on the Portland, Oregon, metro area and southwest Washington, marking the first measurable April snowfall at the Portland International Airport on record.
At least three people were killed in an enormous pileup crash involving more than 50 cars on a snowy interstate in Pennsylvania on Monday.
A late-season winter storm has made its way from the South to the Northeast and will bring freezing temperatures to the South Sunday morning.
Over 70 JetBlue flights out of JFK Airport in New York were canceled or delayed Monday, leaving hundreds stranded, per reports.
Parts of Nantucket, a small island off Cape Cod, Massachusetts, saw intense flooding as Winter Storm Keenan wreaked havoc on the northeast on Friday night and through Saturday, bringing heavy snowfall and high-speed winds, which resulted in power outages.
Members of a fraternity at the University of North Carolina Greensboro say they helped over 20 motorists get up a snowy hill near their frat house on Friday night.
The Murdo Police Department in South Dakota released hair-raising footage to remind drivers to take extra precautions when traveling in winter weather conditions.
At least 22 people died in an icy traffic jam near Muree, Pakistan, from Friday to Saturday after tens of thousands of cars became trapped on snowy roads while clamoring to enter the mountain resort town during a blizzard, Pakistan’s Dawn newspaper reported on Sunday.
Some major American cities are experiencing a “bomb cyclone” snowstorm, including New York City.
An Uber driver went above and beyond in taking care of a young passenger after they were stuck on snow-covered I-95 in Virginia on Tuesday.
A bakery truck stranded on I-95 distributed hundreds of loaves of bread to drivers stuck in the snow for hours Tuesday.
Virginia officials said Tuesday night they were surprised by the ferocity of the “incredibly unusual” weather event that saw hundreds of vehicles trapped on Interstate 95 over the past 48-hours.
Vice President Kamala Harris proclaimed Tuesday that “America is moving again” as hundreds of drivers remained stranded on I-95 in Virginia thanks to a snowstorm that the mid-Atlantic states and the District of Columbia struggled to manage.
Officials issued a blizzard warning for Hawaii, forecasting that at least 12 inches of snow will fall over the weekend.
Snow fell in portions of the northern United States and Canada on Mother’s Day — a rare May event that is the result of unusual late spring weather patterns that are seen about once every decade or so.
A snowplow driver in West Bend, Wisconsin, saved a little boy who wandered away from home in freezing temperatures.
A driver survived after his pickup careened off an interstate ramp near Milwaukee, Wisconsin, over the weekend, crashing to the ground below.
Transport disruption persisted into a second day on Monday as heavy snowfall and icy temperatures gripped parts of central and northern Europe
Video footage captured the tense moments between a Pennsylvania man and his neighbors, who were shoveling snow outside their home, that authorities say turned into a murder-suicide.
