Videos show traveling on Northern California highways over weekend was dangerous
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Northern California Winter Storm
A powerful winter storm that lasted through the holiday weekend has hit Northern California with snow and rain. Here’s the latest weather news.
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Video shows whiteout snow conditions on Interstate 80 in Truckee, California, on Sunday and the rescue of several vehicles stranded on Gold Lake Highway in Plumas County during Christmas weekend storm conditions.
“All state highways through the northern Sierra” were closed amid “winter storm conditions,” Plumas County Search and Rescue said on social media.
SAR rescued nearly a dozen vehicles from the highway, and turned away dozens more that were being routed that way by Google Maps and Apple Maps, officials said.
Local weather officials reported wind gusts up to 52 miles per hour in the area and “dangerous driving conditions”, and called on residents to stay home.
Meanwhile, I-80 from Colfax to the Nevada state line was closed to traffic December 26, 2021, as blowing snow reduced visibility.
The National Weather Service warned of blowing snow and the possibility of near zero visibility in some parts as a winter storm continued to impact the state. The weather service warned people to avoid unnecessary travel.
Long stretches of Highway 50 and Interstate 80 remained closed on Monday, December 27, 2021, in the Sierra Nevada mountains and parts of the foothills due to very heavy snow and whiteout conditions, Caltrans said.
Storyful contributed to this report.
This story was originally published December 27, 2021 at 10:19 AM with the headline "Videos show traveling on Northern California highways over weekend was dangerous."
