Rare blizzard warnings were in place for Southern California mountains and forecasters warned of 5 feet of snow at higher elevations.
So many stuck cars were abandoned that the city said it was waiving fines for vehicles that are towed for blocking travel lanes.
from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. Saturday. The state was facing threats from what the weather service called “an unusually cold and slow-moving winter storm.”— which is a fragile type of frozen precipitation also called soft hail — fell on Mt. Lee in Los Angeles, where the Hollywood sign is, the weather service said after examining video.
The Twin Cities of Minneapolis and St. Paul got more than 1 foot of snow, and parts of Michigan were hit by an ice storm that tore down trees and power lines.
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