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Late-Season Storm Brings More Snow to the Sierra Nevada US News | The Epoch Times https://ift.tt/oZMCxdg TRUCKEE, Calif.—The winter that wouldn’t quit showed up again in the Sierra Nevada region of California and Nevada on Tuesday. The fast-moving, blustery storm wasn’t expected to last long, but it was enough to require chain controls on some trans-Sierra highways and add to staggering snowfall totals left by an exceptional series of winter storms. “A blast back to some wintry weather today with wind and snowfall,” the Mammoth Mountain ski resort wrote on its web page. The early morning temperature was just 18 degrees (-8 Celsius). Huge amounts of snow are seen after a series of storms blasted communities surrounding South Lake Tahoe, Calif., on Jan. 4, 2023. (Brontë Wittpenn/San Francisco Chronicle via AP) Like most Sierra resorts, Mammoth doesn’t need anymore snow after recording 705 inches (17.9 meters) at its main lodge and 885 inches (22.5 meters) at its summit.... April 19, 2023 at 03:14AM https://ift.tt/I5y73m8 The Associated Press https://ift.tt/VBsmybk