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Large-scale winter storm wrecks destruction and pandemonium in California

On Friday, a significant winter storm engulfed California, posing a risk of dangerous blizzard conditions as far south as San Diego, which could continue causing havoc into the weekend.

The National Weather Service (NWS) in San Diego tweeted that “A Blizzard Warning, the first issued by this office, is now in force for the San Bernardino County Mountains from 4 a.m. Friday to 4 p.m. Saturday.” Due to the forecast exceptionally high winds and extremely heavy snowfall, travel will be “very difficult to impossible.”

In the mountains of Big Bear Lake, some two hours northeast of Los Angeles, forecasters estimate that up to five feet of snow may fall, resulting in whiteout conditions and wind gusts of up to 75 miles per hour (120 kilometers per hour), with extreme weather conditions increasing the risk of avalanches.

Big Bear Lake city officials tweeted, “This storm should not be taken lightly.” “Be at home. Keep warm. Be careful.”

It stated that we might get up to 3-5 feet (perhaps more) of snow tonight.

According to the California Department of Transportation, portions of Interstate 5 near Santa Clarita, which is roughly 40 miles (64 km) north of Los Angeles, were closed on Friday due to a mudslide.

When the storm started coming into the state on Thursday night, there had been a lot of snowfall.

Road restrictions along Interstate 80 between San Francisco and Sacramento, the state’s capital, were caused by poor visibility in northern California.

As of Friday, a winter storm warning covering at least 3 million Californians, and 150,000 people lacked electricity.

Most of the state has been placed on high alert due to the forecast for heavy snow, but the southern coastal regions might also be threatened by severe rain and flooding, with the greater Los Angeles area possibly receiving two to four inches of rain, said the NWS.

The NWS in Los Angeles tweeted, “Latest radarโ€ฆ shows continued heavy showers & isolated thunderstorms.” “Strong tornadoes could occur. All locations will continue to see rain, with at times 0.25 to 0.50 inches of rain falling each hour.”

Just north of Los Angeles in Ventura County, evacuation warnings were issued through Saturday morning for places that were deemed unstable after being severely damaged by storms that killed more than a dozen people last month.

Dave Fleisch, the county’s assistant public works director, told the Ventura County Star newspaper, “We’re just watching hour by hour.”

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