RENO, Nev. — In California’s Sierra Nevada, heavy snow and whiteout conditions shut down an 80-mile stretch of Interstate 80 for several hours on Christmas, while about 10,000 Salt Lake City-area residents were left without electricity after nearly a foot of snow fell.
An avalanche killed a 21-year-old man at the Squaw Valley ski resort in California.
In Michigan, slick roads were blamed for a head-on crash that killed two women and critically injured a man Thursday near Farwell.
In New Jersey, a 40-foot tree fell on the car of a Massachusetts family, killing a grandmother and her son and injuring the man’s two young daughters.
Gusting winds blacked out thousands of homes and businesses on Christmas in New Hampshire. The Associated Press
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