A massive blizzard is pounding parts of California and Nevada in the western United States
.The snowstorm has closed major roads, shut down ski resorts and left tens of thousands of homes without power.
The blizzard was especially severe in the mountainous Sierra Nevada region, where wind gusts reportedly reached 305km/h.
People have been warned of a "high to extreme avalanche danger" there, including the greater Lake Tahoe area.
A power outage map showed more than 33,000 people in Nevada and nearly 24,000 in California without electricity.
A 121km stretch of the Interstate 80 highway was shut down on Saturday. The California Highway Patrol Office in Truckee, close to the state border with Nevada, said on X (formerly Twitter) that "emergency personnel and tow trucks had a difficult time getting to motorists due to blizzard conditions."
The mountain areas were worst hit by the storm.
BBC
