It’s been a week of howling wind and bitter cold in California as winter storms have dropped into the region from the far north.
Photographers in California captured scenes from a rare winter storm that blew through California, blanketing areas in snow.The cold air brought in by the storm set the stage for snow at unusually low elevations late in the week. Now, it is combining with an atmospheric river to bring blizzard conditions and possibly unprecedented snowfall to Southern California.John Locher/APPeople walk through the parking area of the Alpine Base Area at Palisades Tahoe in Alpine Meadows, California on Friday.
A person watches a snowplow operate in the San Gabriel Mountains in San Bernardino County near the border of Los Angeles County on Friday.A plow clears the road for travel on the Angeles Crest Highway in the Angeles National Forest, California, on Friday.People prepare to try to move a car which became stuck in the snow on a roadway in Los Angeles County, in the San Gabriel Mountains in Angeles National Forest, on Friday.
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