![]() ![]() Residents in a three-story apartment building in Olympic Valley had to be evacuated after it was struck by an avalanche Tuesday evening, engulfing the bottom two stories, the sheriff’s office said on Facebook. Many parts of California were buried under a significant amount of snow in recent days, and some places received more than 100 inches in the last week, according to the National Weather Service, leading authorities to warn residents about possible avalanches. (Luis Sinco / Los Angeles Times) Luis Sinco/Los Angeles Times/Getty ImagesĬalifornia to see more snow today as it recovers from back-to-back winter storms Snow-covered mountains serve as a backdrop for airplanes flying over the San Fernando Valley on Tuesday, Feb. The county has about 500 miles of tight, winding roads throughout the mountain areas that need to be plowed, county Public Works Director Brendon Biggs said. Mountain residents were still unable to access roads Wednesday, per fire department spokesperson Eric Sherwin. It could take a week to 10 days to dig out the mountain communities hampered by the heavy snow, officials warned in a news conference Wednesday. Newsom declared a state of emergency for San Bernardino County and 12 others – among them Los Angeles and Santa Barbara counties – late Wednesday, with his office saying in a statement that a significant number of state personnel had responded to support San Bernardino County.īy Thursday morning, the Office of Emergency Services had deployed the California National Guard to help dig out snowbound communities in the mountains, with a spokesperson saying they had departed Fresno and were expected to arrive by midday. State Route 138 winds through snow-covered trees near Hesperia, California, on Wednesday. And while the state is getting a brief reprieve from the snow through the end of the week, another system is expected to move into Northern California this weekend. Just over 70,000 homes and businesses remained without power early Thursday, days after the first round of winter storms hit California, according to. We are going to people’s houses where they’ve had trees through their houses or some sort of roof collapse and we are evacuating them to our evacuation shelters,” Munsey said. We’re responding to fires in these trapped vehicles. Gavin Newsom to issue a state of emergency in 13 counties, including hard-hit San Bernardino County.Īuthorities there had conducted almost 100 rescues by Wednesday evening, San Bernardino County Fire Chief Dan Munsey said in a news conference, though authorities have not learned of any serious injuries or deaths. Some California residents remain trapped inside their homes after a winter storm dumped feet of snow across the Golden State, prompting Gov. ![]()
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