CHICAGO — Deep snow was still causing travel problems on Christmas Day in the West, where the National Weather Service posted winter storm warnings and advisories over large sections.
Besides a blizzard warning for the San Juan mountains in southwest Colorado, California’s Sierra Nevada saw heavy snow and whiteout conditions. Police had to shut down an 80-mile stretch of Interstate 80 for several hours on Christmas between the California-Nevada line and Applegate, Calif.
About 2 feet of snow fell overnight in the mountains around Lake Tahoe, bringing totals at some resorts in the past two weeks to 10 feet.
At least 30 people died Tuesday and Wednesday in crashes on rain- and ice-slickened roads, many in the nation’s midsection. The Associated Press
